CULLMAN, ALABAMA·
Garney Holding Company, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Garney Holding Company, Inc., 419 County Rd 1650, CULLMAN, ALABAMA 35058 on , Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was working inside an 8' x 26' steel trench box and was helping an excavator operator install a 30" ductile iron pipe. He directed the track excavator operator to place a bucket of stone bedding for the next pipe to be installed. The excavator operator dumped the bucket of stone into the trench and began to level the stone. The employee was then caught between the excavator bucket and the bell of the pipe, suffering a fractured left leg, fractured ribs, a fractured pelvis, and punctured lungs. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
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