Incident date: 2025-03-27
NAICS industry code: 237310

On 3/27/2025, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was dismounting a mobile excavator after fueling it with diesel. He lost his balance, slipped, and fell approximately three feet, striking his rib cage against a metal step on the excavator. The employee sustained multiple left rib fractures and a partially collapsed left lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate