Incident date: 2017-02-27
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was shoveling dirt around a gas main pipe in a trench approximately 5' x 8' x 5'6" deep. A section of the trench caved-in breaking the employee's left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Excavation or trenching cave-in
code_source: title: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate