Incident date: 2016-02-01
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was helping to install ground pipe in a deep trench. He was outside of the trench box on top of the 60-inch, pre-cast pipe form and bracing pipe. A back hoe operator was attempting to move the trench box when a portion of it made contact with the employee's left foot, crushing and breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate