Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Westar Energy, Inc.
Start: 1/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010865 · 1/29/2016 · Westar Energy, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Whole body
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Excavation or trenching cave-in
Source: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations

Employer

Name: Westar Energy, Inc.
Location: 17th and Fairlawn, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66601
NAICS: 221118
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee went into a 15-feet-deep trench to test if the cables were energized when the trench collapsed. The employee was crushed by the dirt and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown