Incident date: 2017-09-21
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was moving a sheet of 4x8 shoring board to the edge of a trench when he fell 8 feet into the trench, fracturing his right tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate