Incident date: 2017-05-09
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was checking if there was enough clearance between an excavator and a fence when the excavator operator tried to move the excavator tracks. The excavator bucket moved instead and struck the employee against a trench box. He suffered fractured ribs.

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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate