Incident date: 2020-01-22
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was splicing an electric cable in a trench that was 4 to 5 feet deep, 14 feet long, and 4 to 5 feet wide when the side wall caved in and contacted his right leg, breaking his tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate