Incident date: 2023-08-21
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was showing an operator where to dig. As the operator was getting back into the mini excavator, the joystick was activated, causing the bucket to strike the injured employee. They sustained a femur fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Mini excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate