Incident date: 2023-07-13
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working as a part of a 3-person digging crew to install exterior electric. The injured employee was walking adjacent to a 2' x 2' excavation when they lost their footing on uneven ground. They fell onto a protruding metal conduit stake and then fell into the excavation. The employee sustained lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate