Engulfment in other collapsing material · Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tractor and Equipment Company, Goshen Plantation Subdivision, Goshen Road and Goshen Plantation Blvd., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
on — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee from Tractor and Equipment Company was standing on the side of a sewer pipe trench at a customer worksite. The ground caved in. The employee fell head-first into the trench and was buried up to his feet. The employee was suffocated by the soil and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion and fractures.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedDitches, channels, trenches, excavations
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