# Fractures at Woofter Construction & Irrigation
> OSHA SIR `20241211179` · 12/3/2024 · COLBY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Woofter Construction & Irrigation
- **Location:** Corner of W. Willow Ave. and Sewell Ave., COLBY, KANSAS, 67701
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench working on a water/sewer line connection when the dirt started to shift and engulfed the employee up to his waist. He was trapped for approximately 1 hour and sustained fractures to the pelvis.

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