# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Mario Sinacola and Sons Excavating, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025032898` · 3/27/2025 · FRISCO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
## Employer
- **Name:** Mario Sinacola and Sons Excavating, Inc
- **Location:** 1900 PGA Parkway, FRISCO, TEXAS, 75034
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/27/2025, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was dismounting a mobile excavator after fueling it with diesel. He lost his balance, slipped, and fell approximately three feet, striking his rib cage against a metal step on the excavator. The employee sustained multiple left rib fractures and a partially collapsed left lung.

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