Incident date: 2024-12-03
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was in a trench working on a water/sewer line connection when the dirt started to shift and engulfed the employee up to his waist. He was trapped for approximately 1 hour and sustained fractures to the pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  open trench or excavation
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate