Incident date: 2017-01-05
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was handing down a sewer connection fitting to an employee below in a trench when a bolt on the fitting snagged on the employee's jacket, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He fell on the fitting, breaking two left ribs and bruising his left lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate