Incident date: 2016-02-18
NAICS industry code: 812220

An employee was attempting to free a frozen burial vault from the frozen ground. A coworker was using a backhoe to free the vault. The burial vault dislodged from the ground rapidly and struck the employee, crushing him between the vault and a wall. He fractured his pelvis and hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple pelvic region locations
severity: moderate