# Fractures at Upchurch Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024109921` · 10/24/2024 · RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** Upchurch Services LLC
- **Location:** 741 Ridgewood Road, RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, 39157
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being lifted out of a trench using an excavator. The excavator's bucket closed, causing broken bones in his forearm.

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