Fractures

Name: Fractures at Telco Supply Company
Start: 6/26/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020065976 · 6/26/2020 · Telco Supply Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Excavation or trenching cave-in
Source: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Secondary source: Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Telco Supply Company
Location: County Line Rd and John Kilpatrick Turnpike, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73190
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

As an employee was working in a shallow trench, the ground beneath an excavator collapsed, causing the excavator to fall into the trench and strike the employee. The employee was temporarily pinned between the excavator and a communication box installed in the trench, suffering broken ribs and back vertebrae.

Source

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