Incident date: 2025-02-13
NAICS industry code: 111335

An employee was working in the pecan orchard. He went to cross a cement irrigation ditch via a wooden plank that was extended across the ditch. The wooden plank snapped in two, and the employee fell approximately 2 feet, 8 inches into the irrigation ditch. The employee was hospitalized with two fractures to his lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate