Incident date: 2021-01-22
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was watching a front-end loader scrape frozen aggregate from a sidewalk. After the front-end loader had made a pass, the employee moved towards the sidewalk to begin melting frozen aggregate with a torch. The front-end loader began to make another pass of the sidewalk, causing the loader bucket to swing and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a strained neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate