Incident date: 2017-11-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was walking alongside a trencher clearing rocks while installing a new sprinkler system. The trench gave way underneath the employee, causing his foot to slip into the trench. His foot was then caught by the trencher's rotating blade, and he suffered a broken right femur.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate