Incident date: 2019-08-05
NAICS industry code: 237130

While entering a 3-foot trench, an employee fell onto the handle of a shovel. The employee was impaled by the handle, and sustained injuries which included a perforated intestine and a broken rib.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate