Incident date: 2023-07-11
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was operating an excavator on the side wall of a trench when the side wall collapsed. The excavator fell approximately 8 feet into the trench and landed on top of a fuel tank. The employee sustained fractures to the clavicle, wrist, and ribs, as well as left wrist lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate