Incident date: 2024-08-01
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was changing an air filter on heavy construction equipment when a truck of fill dirt backed into the door of the equipment, pinning the employee between the door and the mechanical parts of the equipment. The employee sustained fractured and dislocated ribs and fractures to their clavicle and sternum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate