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Fractures

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
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