Incident date: 2020-05-19
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee picked up a hose and walked backward into a trench where the metal grate covers had been removed for water extraction. He fell into the trench, injuring his lower left leg and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate