Incident date: 2015-01-16
NAICS industry code: 237110

Worker was in a trench and was injured when an operator moved the trench box. The spreader bar on the trench box struck the worker in the back, cracking his vertebra. The worker was hospitalized one night.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate