Fractures

Name: Fractures at Union Industrial Contractors Inc.
Start: 6/23/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022065500 · 6/23/2022 · Union Industrial Contractors Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Union Industrial Contractors Inc.
Location: 3300 West 13th Street, ASHTABULA, OHIO, 44004
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A crew was installing a water line in a trench that was 5' 3" deep when a trench wall caved in and pinned an employee, burying him in approximately one cubic yard of dirt. He was hospitalized for broken ribs. Cave-in protection was not used at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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