Incident date: 2018-10-29
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was in a trench clearing away dirt when the trench collapsed on the employee. The employee sustained two broken ribs and a collapsed lung, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
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