Incident date: 2020-05-21
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was cutting a soil nail to remove a whaler from an excavation protective system when the whaler tipped over onto him. The employee suffered a spinal injury and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate