Incident date: 2023-07-24
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was removing a silt fence from a property when they were struck by the bucket of an excavator. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a concussion and compression fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate