Incident date: 2020-12-22
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was operating a bulldozer on a worksite when the bulldozer struck a rock which jolted the employee causing spinal pain. The pain increased until the employee lost all feeling in his legs. The employee was hospitalized with a herniated disc at L2-L3.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Bulldozers
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate