# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Soderberg Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024098217` · 9/4/2024 · VAN BUREN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Soderberg Construction
- **Location:** 540 Main St., VAN BUREN, MAINE, 04785
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing piping in a trench that was 6-7 feet deep when the trench collapsed and soil pinned them up to their waist. The employee sustained a bruised bladder and fractures to their pelvis and sacrum.

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