Incident date: 2024-02-15
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing at the edge of a trench while handing shoring materials to two employees in the trench below. The concrete beneath where the employee was standing gave way causing the employee to fall approximately 8 feet into the trench. The employee was hospitalized with contusions and lacerations to the neck, back, and shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Multiple surface and flesh wounds
code_body: title: Neck, shoulder, back
severity: moderate