# Fractures at Stover Excavation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043703` · 4/25/2023 · JOHNSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stover Excavation, Inc.
- **Location:** 9850 Innovation Campus Way, JOHNSTOWN, OHIO, 43031
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with an excavator operator to shovel outside of a manhole so that a barrel could be removed. The bucket fell off the excavator into the hole and landed on the injured employee's right leg, resulting in multiple compound fractures.

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