Incident date: 2018-01-02
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was working inside an 8' x 26' steel trench box and was helping an excavator operator install a 30" ductile iron pipe. He directed the track excavator operator to place a bucket of stone bedding for the next pipe to be installed. The excavator operator dumped the bucket of stone into the trench and began to level the stone. The employee was then caught between the excavator bucket and the bell of the pipe, suffering a fractured left leg, fractured ribs, a fractured pelvis, and punctured lungs. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Front and power shovels
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate