Excavation or trenching cave-in · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at W&R Construction Company, LLC, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77030
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
A trench collapsed with one employee in the work area.
An employee was doing electrical work in a trench when one of the trench walls caved in. The employee was struck by the soil and sustained fractures to their ribs and pelvis.
An employee was kneeling in a 4-foot deep hole trying to fix a leak in the waterline. The sidewalls were wet and the dirt fell from behind the employee onto his left side and crushed him against the pipe. The employee was hospitalized for an injured liver.
Employees were checking a trench box for removal when the wall caved in, burying the employees. One employee was hospitalized for 8 rib fractures and a shoulder fracture. The other employee was also hospitalized.
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