Incident date: 2021-03-01
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was standing in a 47-inch-deep ditch when dirt fell, pinning the employee's lower leg against a pipe. The employee's lower left leg was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate