Incident date: 2022-07-05
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was preparing to install shoring into a trench and became tangled in a rope that was connected to the shoring. The rope pulled the employee to the ground and nearly dragged him into the trench. The employee sustained two broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate