Incident date: 2022-06-01
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was clearing excavations by placing wooden boards over holes when he fell into the 2-foot hole, landing on his right knee on the edge of the concrete slab on the opposite side of the hole. The employee suffered a fractured right patella and a laceration on his right knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate