Incident date: 2025-07-30
NAICS industry code: 237310

An excavator operator and the injured employee were exchanging a hand tool on a utility right of way. After the tool exchange the excavator moved forward and the tracks ran over the big toe of the injured employee's right foot. The toe was crushed, resulting in amputation of the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high