Incident date: 2025-07-03
NAICS industry code: 237120

On July 3, 2025, at approximately 9:45 PM, an employee was operating a utility task vehicle (UTV) on a project road when the UTV struck the rear of a reversing bulldozer. The employee struck their head and face on the UTV dashboard and collapsed onto a UTV passenger. The employee was hospitalized with a forehead laceration, a nasal fracture, and central cord syndrome. The other employee on the UTV sustained a bruised left forearm and was not hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in opposite directions, oncoming
code_source: title: All-terrain vehicle (ATV)
code_nature: title: Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate