# Fractures at The Homewood Cemetery
> OSHA SIR `20231110351` · 11/9/2023 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Homewood Cemetery
- **Location:** 1599 South Dallas Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15217
- **NAICS:** 812220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a burial vault lid approximately 3 to 4 feet below grade hand-shoveling soil off the lid. An excavator was at rest on ground level accepting the shovels of soil. The excavator bucket inadvertently moved, causing the boom to swing. The excavator bucket then pinned the employee's hip to the wall of the grave, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

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