Incident date: 2025-02-03
NAICS industry code: 237990

A diver was moving sandbags in a cofferdam when the sandbags fell through a hole in the cofferdam and trapped his legs in the hole due to differential pressure. The employee was hospitalized with severe swelling and multiple lacerations to the right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Structures  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, swelling, inflammation
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate