Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Union Paving & Construction Co., Inc., GSP Mile Marker 114.7, TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY 07724
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was setting a pipe in a trench about 3 feet deep. When he stood up, his head hit the wall of the trench and he suffered a neck injury.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersDitches, channels, trenches, excavations
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