Incident date: 2025-05-01
NAICS industry code: 238390

On May 1, 2025, an employee was cutting a pipe while working inside a trench that was 20' long x 3.5' deep x 4.5' wide. A shaft of dirt fell onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained an injury to their anterior tibial artery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate