Incident date: 2019-07-15
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was in a trench cleaning soil off of the water line in preparation for a connection. The trench collapsed along with the soil pile that was approximately one foot from the edge of the trench. The employee was completely covered with soil and was hospitalized for a broken jaw and lacerations to the ear and right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Ear(s)
severity: moderate