Incident date: 2017-12-01
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was exiting the excavator when his foot slipped causing him to stumble on the uneven surface. As he attempted to maintain his balance, he fell forward extending his left arm and landing on his left hand/wrist. The left wrist was fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate