Incident date: 2018-03-15
NAICS industry code: 237130

While in a trench taking a material survey for the next day, an employee was struck by a 1,000-pound electrical panel and caught between the panel and trench wall. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures on both sides, as well as a lacerated liver and spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate