Incident date: 2019-10-02
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was working in a trench, using a spud bar to find the opening in a manhole to line up the next piece of pipe to connect. A steel plate next to the trench box fell on the employee's lower right leg, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate