Incident date: 2023-06-05
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was on or above a retaining wall during a hydrovac operation when they fell 8-12 feet to the ground, resulting in a back injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate