Collapse, engulfment open trench or excavation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Environmental Allies Inc., 20634 Kenswick Dr, HUMBLE, TEXAS 77338
on — Fractures , affecting the Ears and facial region unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was in a 13-foot trench busting concrete with a sledgehammer and a drill to fit a pipe in a junction box. The trench collapsed and dirt hit the back of his legs, causing him to hit his face on a piece of rebar and concrete. The employee suffered a puncture wound and fractures to his face below the right eye.
Hospitalized Ears and facial region unspecified Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
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