Incident date: 2024-05-30
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a pile driver. While bending over to get a tape measure, a pin from the pile driver struck the employee's back between their shoulder blades. The employee sustained a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pile drivers, tamping machinery
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Lung(s), pleura
severity: moderate