Incident date: 2021-05-10
NAICS industry code: 237110

A Glacier Construction crew was setting a 36-inch steel pipe in a trench and working to line/plumb the pipe. The bracing on the pipe gave way and an employee was trapped between the pipe and the trench wall. The employee sustained a chest contusion and a liver hematoma and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate