Incident date: 2023-07-14
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating an excavator with a grapple attachment to load a steel guardrail into a dumpster. The guardrail came loose from the attachment and fell, breaking the cab window and lacerating the employee's left thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Guardrails, road dividers
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate