Incident date: 2017-08-22
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was installing new storm drain pipes and storm inlets in a trench 9 feet deep when it caved in, trapping him up to the shoulder area and injuring his back. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate