Incident date: 2020-01-21
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was standing outside a trench when the side wall gave way. He fell into the trench and ended up on his knees with dirt up to his waist. He suffered hip and rib injuries and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate