Incident date: 2025-04-09
NAICS industry code: 238210

Two employees were standing next to a 2 1/2-foot-deep excavation when its edge collapsed. Both employees fell into the excavation; one landed on the other's upward-pointing knee and suffered broken ribs and a lung injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate