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Tractor and Equipment Company

Engulfment in other collapsing material — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified — AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Tractor and Equipment Company in AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
Employer Tractor and Equipment Company Report ID 2021043182
Address Goshen Plantation Subdivision, Goshen Road and Goshen Plantation Blvd. City, State ZIP AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
Event Date April 16, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, unspecified Body Part Multiple body parts, unspecified
Event Type Engulfment in other collapsing material Source of Injury Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Industry (NAICS) 423810 Inspection # 1528398
GPS Coordinates 33.34000, -82.00000

Incident 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.

Incident Summary

On April 16, 2021, a worker at Tractor and Equipment Company in AUGUSTA, GEORGIA suffered fractures and other injuries, unspecified to the multiple body parts, unspecified. The incident was classified as engulfment in other collapsing material, with ditches, channels, trenches, excavations identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 6 severe injury reports involving "Engulfment in other collapsing material" incidents in our database. Browse all Engulfment in other collapsing material injuries.

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Mar 31, 2018 CLEAN HARBORS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. CHALMETTE, LOUISIANA Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations Hosp.
Aug 14, 2019 Annapolis Grain Co. HUTSONVILLE, ILLINOIS Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified Hosp.

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