Incident date: 2025-06-25
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was digging out and cleaning a 10-foot deep trench he'd just finished excavating. He climbed into the trench to conduct a sewer line repair and the trench collapsed on top of him. As a result of the cave-in, another employee jumped into the trench to save him, causing further injury. The employee was severely bruised and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate