Incident date: 2025-03-25
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was working to remove the auger of a boring machine from a new water pipe. The boring machine bound up and rolled which pinched the employee between the roll cage bar of the boring machine and the trench box. The employee sustained pelvic and lower extremity fractures with internal injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Tunneling machines
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate