Incident date: 2022-11-04
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was grating the bottom of a 12-foot deep excavation that contained three benches. Vibrations from nearby traffic caused the first bench to collapse and strike the employee at the knee. The employee then tripped and fell to the second bench and struck his shoulder, resulting in a fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate