Incident date: 2023-08-10
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was sitting on the spreader bars of a trench box while directing a utility pipe to the ground. The employee was struck in the head by the bucket of an excavator and sustained a facial fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate