OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404015
SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT
PEARLAND, TX·
Event description
Employee fractures ankle when struck by falling trench box w
Investigation abstract
At 11:30 a.m. on October 14, 2021, an employee was on a loading trench, shoring plates onto a truck bed. A trench shoring plate slipped off a forklift, striking the back of the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured ankle.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 806
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