Incident date: 2015-08-21
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was in a ditch (approximately 7 feet deep) unhooking a pipe from a backhoe when the ditch caved in from behind. The employee hit his head against the pipe and suffered a fractured skull, head injuries, a broken jaw, a broken left eye socket, possible blindness in the left eye, damage to teeth, and a swollen ankle. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate