Incident date: 2025-02-10
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was in a trench, welding/installing a new pipe that was being held up using an excavator. The excavator arm rotated, and the employee was pinned between the pipe and the trench box. The employee suffered three broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate