# Fractures at Piedmont Western Utility Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024075952` · 7/2/2024 · RENOVO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object tipping over
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Piedmont Western Utility Services Inc.
- **Location:** 91 Gas Plant Lane, RENOVO, PENNSYLVANIA, 17764
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for an excavator that was pulling an old pipe from the ground. The wall of an adjacent excavation caved in and caused the excavator to tip into it. The top knuckle of the excavator boom struck the injured employee on the lower back, resulting in a fractured pelvis and ribs.

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