Incident date: 2024-09-04
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was standing on the edge of a 12' benched trench when the side collapsed and he fell into the trench. His legs were buried and he sustained a fractured pelvis and fractures to his left femur, tibia, and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate