Incident date: 2024-04-05
NAICS industry code: 423390

An employee was in a 13-foot trench busting concrete with a sledgehammer and a drill to fit a pipe in a junction box. The trench collapsed and dirt hit the back of his legs, causing him to hit his face on a piece of rebar and concrete. The employee suffered a puncture wound and fractures to his face below the right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate