Incident date: 2021-06-24
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was directing an operator in setting a catch basin at an excavation site when the catch basin hit an excavation wall and one of the chains came loose, allowing the catch basin to fall approximately 3 feet onto the employee's leg. The employee suffered a fractured leg that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate