Incident date: 2024-06-04
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was raking loam along a drainage ditch prior to grass seeding. They stepped out of the ditch and were struck by an excavator that was backing up. The employee sustained fractures to their leg and pelvis, and severe skin and muscle damage to their left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Other multiple traumatic injuries  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate