Incident date: 2023-09-06
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was moving an excavator over a foundation that was packed with demolition debris. Part of the ground gave way and the excavator tipped on its side trapping the employee inside the excavator. The employee sustained fractures to the collarbone and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate