# Avulsions, enucleations at Romero's Transportation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077156` · 7/15/2019 · ELIZABETH, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Romero's Transportation, Inc.
- **Location:** 1110 Black Saddle St., ELIZABETH, COLORADO, 80107
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench cleaning soil off of the water line in preparation for a connection. The trench collapsed along with the soil pile that was approximately one foot from the edge of the trench. The employee was completely covered with soil and was hospitalized for a broken jaw and lacerations to the ear and right arm.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*