Incident date: 2021-06-10
NAICS industry code: 237310

Two employees were in an excavation with benching, installing conduit along its entire length. The trench collapsed and the bench wall struck one of the employees. The employee suffered a broken right wrist and rib fractures on both sides, as well as internal injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate