Incident date: 2021-12-18
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was holding an elevation rod inside a 7- or 8-foot sewer trench. The trench collapsed and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate