Incident date: 2023-12-18
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee and an excavator operator were investigating a potential hydraulic leak on one of the hoses on the arm of the machine. As the operator went to position the arm of the excavator for the employee to have a closer look, the employee's left leg was pinched between the excavator arm and a coil of steel. The employee's leg was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate