Incident date: 2023-10-03
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was talking to an excavator operator. Upon walking away, the raised bucket came off the excavator and struck the employee. They suffered bruising to the head and left abdomen, as well as a left arm laceration and a left leg dislocation/fracture. The leg was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high