Incident date: 2018-07-16
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was in a trench, cleaning off a duct about 8 feet away. A steel plate slipped while being placed in the trench; it knocked another steel plate (which had already been placed into the trench) against the employee and pinned him against the duct. He suffered a broken pelvis and femur and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate