# Fractures at Montesano Brothers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010312` · 1/10/2018 · CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Montesano Brothers Inc.
- **Location:** 480 Bedford Rd., CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, 10514
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 8:00 a.m., on 1/10/2018, an employee was signaling an excavator operator who could not see the bottom grade of a box trench to dig farther when he fell approximately 8 feet into the excavation, fracturing a bone in his neck and requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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