Incident date: 2022-07-19
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee tried to jump across a trench for a sewer tie-in, but fell short. His hand was crushed between the trench wall and the object he was carrying. He suffered a severe compound fracture and tissue damage to the hand and fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate