# Fractures at Garney Holding Company
> OSHA SIR `20221210974` · 12/19/2022 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Dirt, earth
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Garney Holding Company
- **Location:** PAR 1232 2nd Creek Interceptor Construction Project East 78th Ave and Tibet St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80249
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a trench box directing the placement of bedding. A 2' x 2' piece of dirt broke off from the front of the trench, rolled down into the box, and struck the employee's lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized for a tibia and fibula fracture.

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