Incident date: 2020-11-13
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was removing a plywood cover over a 6-foot-deep excavation for a post hole sign base. The soil at the edge of the excavation failed and the employee fell into the hole, and his right humerus was fractured with a dislocation at the shoulder joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate