Incident date: 2017-09-22
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was on top of the bank of an excavation when it collapsed, breaking his vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate