Incident date: 2017-05-08
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was working in a 5.5-feet-deep trench when a portion of the trench gave way and struck the employee's shoulder, dislocating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate