Incident date: 2024-04-16
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was working along the edge of a six-foot-deep excavation when he slipped and fell in the opening. The employee's leg was caught between an existing pipe and the wall of the excavation causing fractures that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate