# Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified at Kempf Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161010160` · 10/28/2016 · BRANDON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Excavation or trenching cave-in
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Kempf Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Sunshine and Augusta, BRANDON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57005
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While assisting with the sewer line inside the trench box, a section of trench wall fell into the box and pinned the employee against the box wall. The employee was hospitalized with a spinal injury.

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