Incident date: 2023-03-15
NAICS industry code: 237130

On March 15, 2023, an employee was operating a piece of equipment when their coat got caught on the controls. The bucket of the equipment struck the employee causing them to fall into a trench and sustain a bulging disc in their back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate