Incident date: 2018-10-22
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was standing on the side of the excavation and leaned in to check the source of a noise coming from inside the trench. The concrete gave in where the employee was standing and the employee fell. The employee sustained broken ribs on the left side.

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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate