# Fractures at E R Excavating
> OSHA SIR `2025054556` · 5/14/2025 · MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Boulders
## Employer
- **Name:** E R Excavating
- **Location:** 17149 South Fork Rd, MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26836
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a pole and was removing fiberoptic line from that pole and placing it on another pole. The pole the employee was climbing twisted and fell along with the employee. Their left leg struck a large rock, resulting in a fractured femur.

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