Incident date: 2017-06-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was hand digging a hole when an excavator struck his right leg. His right leg had to be amputated at the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: EXPOSURES TO DISEASE-NO ILLNESS INCURRED
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high