Incident date: 2023-08-23
NAICS industry code: 324121

On August 23, 2023, employees were installing an underground sanitation pipe. The injured employee was working inside a trench box while a loader was back filling another section of the trench. The soil struck the employee; they were hospitalized for a compressed vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dirt, earth
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate