Fractures

Name: Fractures at William's Ditching
Start: 9/9/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017098660 · 9/9/2017 · William's Ditching

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: William's Ditching
Location: Off of soncy, south of perry avenue, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79101
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were placing a water line for the city when one of the employees stepped outside of the trenching box. The earth collapsed around him, fracturing his lower vertebrae.

Source

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