Incident date: 2022-08-29
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was installing 12-by-12-foot aluminum hydraulic shoring in a bore pit. The employee was holding onto the shore pump holes when the shoring shifted downward, pulling the employee off balance and causing him to fall into the bore pit. The employee suffered five fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate