Incident date: 2023-04-14
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing near an excavator that was relocating a 4-inch plastic pipe using a sling connected to a bucket. The equipment was moving slowly down an incline when it started to slide. The boom was lowered and the excavator struck the pipe, causing the pipe to swing and strike the employee's left leg fracturing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate