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Discount Renovations, Inc.

Excavation or trenching cave-in — Intracranial injuries, unspecified — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Discount Renovations, Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Discount Renovations, Inc. Report ID 2017065053
Address 1619 E. Richey Rd. City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77073
Event Date June 3, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Intracranial injuries, unspecified Body Part Brain
Event Type Excavation or trenching cave-in Source of Injury Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Industry (NAICS) 238110 Inspection # 1237153
GPS Coordinates 30.00000, -95.38000

Incident Narrative

On 6/3/2017, an employee was working in a trench to erect a retaining wall to insert a large machine. During the work process, the concrete company had to remove the trench walls so that the work crew inside the trench could apply mortar to a pre-set area where the cinder blocks were to be placed. As the concrete crew removed the walls, the side of the trench collapsed and toppled onto the injured employee. He suffered forehead lacerations and bruising and temporarily lost consciousness. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On June 3, 2017, a worker at Discount Renovations, Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered intracranial injuries, unspecified to the brain. The incident was classified as excavation or trenching cave-in, with ditches, channels, trenches, excavations identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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