Incident date: 2022-06-30
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing at the bottom slope (used as cave-in protection) of a 5-foot deep trench guiding a pipe into the trench when it swung and struck him, fracturing his pelvis. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate