# Fractures at Stahlheber Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065816` · 6/28/2024 · TRENTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Stahlheber Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 703 Brelsford Dr, TRENTON, OHIO, 45067
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 28, 2024, an employee was using a mini-excavator to dig a trench on a residential property. They got out of the mini-excavator and went into the trench to inspect the slopes. A large piece of dirt broke free from the trench and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their right clavicle and ribs on the right side.

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