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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024109636 · 10/16/2024 · Dale Lowden Excavating LLC

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Dale Lowden Excavating LLC
Location
Whisper South Commercial/Residential PID I 35 Access Road, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On October 16, 2024, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee was working in a 6-foot-deep trench and cleaning an electrical conduit line with a shovel. As the employee was removing material from above the pipe, the west side of the trench collapsed and struck the employee in the lower back and torso, pinning him in the ditch. The employee was hospitalized with 12 fractured ribs and 4 fractured vertebrae in his lower back.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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