# Fractures at HOLTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015129227` · 12/7/2015 · LIBERTY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** HOLTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION, LLC
- **Location:** N Cleveland Ave. & NE 85th St., LIBERTY, MISSOURI, 64068
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking along the top of a trench that was 4 feet deep, and was carrying a 13 foot long, 8 inch diameter PVC pipe.  The victim slipped, fell into the trench, and sustained a broken neck.

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