Incident date: 2015-12-07
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was walking along the top of a trench that was 4 feet deep, and was carrying a 13 foot long, 8 inch diameter PVC pipe.  The victim slipped, fell into the trench, and sustained a broken neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate