Incident date: 2019-03-26
NAICS industry code: 541330

A Probst Group employee was inspecting a leaking line inside a 5-foot trench when the east wall of the trench caved in on him. His legs were compressed and he sustained a fracture to his pelvis, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate