Incident date: 2023-05-01
NAICS industry code: 111940

An employee was clearing brush on a farming property using an excavator. As the employee exited the excavator, they slipped on the excavator track that was wet from the rain. The employee fell and suffered three fractured ribs that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate