# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Tractor and Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2021043182` · 4/16/2021 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Engulfment in other collapsing material
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Tractor and Equipment Company
- **Location:** Goshen Plantation Subdivision, Goshen Road and Goshen Plantation Blvd., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## 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.

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