Incident date: 2025-06-20
NAICS industry code: 236220

On June 20, 2025, an employee was in a trench box, observing while an S-fitting was being removed from a 48-inch pipe with an excavator. The pipe shifted and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained head trauma to the left temple and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Head  unspecified
severity: moderate