Fractures

Name: Fractures at Woofter Construction & Irrigation
Start: 12/3/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211179 · 12/3/2024 · Woofter Construction & Irrigation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Pelvis
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: Woofter Construction & Irrigation
Location: Corner of W. Willow Ave. and Sewell Ave., COLBY, KANSAS, 67701
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a trench working on a water/sewer line connection when the dirt started to shift and engulfed the employee up to his waist. He was trapped for approximately 1 hour and sustained fractures to the pelvis.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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