Incident date: 2024-09-04
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was installing piping in a trench that was 6-7 feet deep when the trench collapsed and soil pinned them up to their waist. The employee sustained a bruised bladder and fractures to their pelvis and sacrum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate