# Fractures at Wolfes Excavating LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098538` · 9/8/2020 · BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wolfes Excavating LLC
- **Location:** Genesis Boulevard, BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26330
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench that was approximately five feet deep, installing grout and bricks around a pipe that lead into a concrete drainage structure. The employee was between the concrete structure and a steel cave-in protection shield. An excavator was operating close to the trench and caused the steel shield to move, which pinned the employee's hip against the concrete structure. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

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