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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022021847 · 2/28/2022 · 5-T Utilities, Inc.

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
5-T Utilities, Inc.
Location
263 North Freeway, HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, 77340
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had been leveling dirt to make pipe grade and was moving toward the other end of a trench box to exit the trench using a ladder. The soil above the trench box caved in, and the employee sustained a lumbar spine compression fracture.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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