Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Soderberg Construction
Start: 9/4/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024098217 · 9/4/2024 · Soderberg Construction

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Collapse, engulfment open trench or excavation
Source: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Soderberg Construction
Location: 540 Main St., VAN BUREN, MAINE, 04785
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing piping in a trench that was 6-7 feet deep when the trench collapsed and soil pinned them up to their waist. The employee sustained a bruised bladder and fractures to their pelvis and sacrum.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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