# Multiple surface and flesh wounds at Anchor Construction Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024021447` · 2/15/2024 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, shoulder, back
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple surface and flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Anchor Construction Corporation
- **Location:** 826 Howard Rd SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20020
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at the edge of a trench while handing shoring materials to two employees in the trench below. The concrete beneath where the employee was standing gave way causing the employee to fall approximately 8 feet into the trench. The employee was hospitalized with contusions and lacerations to the neck, back, and shoulder.

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