# Fractures at Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109984` · 10/24/2016 · WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth
## Employer
- **Name:** Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** Route 179, WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS, 60084
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a water main when he slipped on a clump of dirt and broke his tibia, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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