Incident date: 2019-10-02
NAICS industry code: 327390

Employees were placing a temporary concrete barrier in a highway work zone. An 18-wheeler truck came into the work zone, hitting the truck carrying the barrier device and a barrier. This caused a barrier to fall on an employee's left foot. The foot was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: high