Incident date: 2022-12-13
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was going to inspect a gas line for damage after the gas line was struck during excavation. The employee was looking into the excavation site when he fell 3 feet into the trench and sustained a left wrist laceration that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate