Incident date: 2023-04-28
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was disassembling a trench box with an excavator when a support pole from the trench box entered the cab of the excavator through the front window and struck the employee. The employee sustained lacerations to their left hand and knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate