Incident date: 2024-07-30
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was installing a concrete pier to lay rebar down. The strap broke off the auger and the cradle of the drilling rig broke and struck the employee on the top of his hard hat, knocking him to the ground and knocking off the hard hat. The employee sustained a fractured C-3 vertebra and an injured C-4 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drill apparatus
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate