Incident date: 2021-09-04
NAICS industry code: 237120

Employees were installing grounding tools as part of an addition to a compressor station. An employee was hammer-drilling a ground rod when the edge of a trench failed; the employee slipped, fell, and landed on the rod, which impaled his inner thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Ground, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate