# Fractures at CPF Underground Utilities LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077170` · 7/16/2018 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** CPF Underground Utilities LLC
- **Location:** 3602 John F McCormick Road, NE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20064
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench, cleaning off a duct about 8 feet away. A steel plate slipped while being placed in the trench; it knocked another steel plate (which had already been placed into the trench) against the employee and pinned him against the duct. He suffered a broken pelvis and femur and was hospitalized.

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