Incident date: 2021-03-08
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was installing drainage culverts in a trench bank. The trench bank caved in on the employee, who suffered injuries to the lungs, spleen, and liver. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate