Incident date: 2022-10-10
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was bringing tools to the side of a trench that had just been dug and was being benched. The side of the trench collapsed, and the employee fell about 12 feet into the trench. The employee suffered a dislocated hip and an injured pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate