# Fractures at Verizon of PA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087750` · 8/31/2022 · RUSSELL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon of PA, LLC
- **Location:** 1815 Peterson Road, RUSSELL, PENNSYLVANIA, 16345
- **NAICS:** 517312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench when its wall partially collapsed. The dirt broke the employee's ribs, and the employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*