Incident date: 2022-06-08
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was grading a trench inside a trench box with the assistance of a machine operator who was using the teeth of his bucket to help with a pile in the trench box. The employee was struck by the bucket and pinned between the bucket and a spreader bar, resulting in a broken arm, center mass bruising, bleeding of the liver, and a few fractures where his ribs meet his spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trenchers
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate