# Fractures at Ground Level Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098443` · 9/13/2023 · BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
## Employer
- **Name:** Ground Level Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** 1100 Bay St, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31520
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking along the edge of the trench heading toward the loader. The edge of the trench gave way, causing the employee to fall into the trench and onto a concrete pipe. The employee sustained right rib fractures.

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