Incident date: 2022-03-04
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was working on the edge of a 3-foot excavation. He fell into the excavation, landing on his back and suffering broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate