# Crushing injuries at Westar Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010865` · 1/29/2016 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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