Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pesado Construction Company, 2648 TX-337 Loop, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 78132
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was installing 12-by-12-foot aluminum hydraulic shoring in a bore pit. The employee was holding onto the shore pump holes when the shoring shifted downward, pulling the employee off balance and causing him to fall into the bore pit. The employee suffered five fractured ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersDitches, channels, trenches, excavations
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