# Fractures at Cherry Hill Construction
> OSHA SIR `2023098879` · 9/26/2023 · SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherry Hill Construction
- **Location:** 1261 South Main Street, SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06489
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was preparing to cut sections of concrete slabs for removal. An employee was on his way to turn on a hose bib when he fell 6 feet into an excavation near the slab waste storage area. The employee sustained a broken femur.

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