# Fractures at AR Utilities & Excavation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022119617` · 11/2/2022 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** AR Utilities & Excavation, LLC
- **Location:** 118 Interpark Blvd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78216
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a trench protective system by attaching a sling from above the trench to the panel eye hook. The hydraulic shoring system was not holding pressure, causing the employee to fall 18 feet into the trench. He sustained a back injury, a right wrist fracture, and rib fractures.

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