Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was operating a street sweeper following the paving crew in an active work zone. The street sweeper was struck from behind by an empty logging truck and the employee was thrown from the sweeper into the wood line. The employee was hospitalized for a skull fracture, two small brain bleeds, a laceration requiring 18 staples, an open fracture of his clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, and multiple scrapes and bruises.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in same direction
code_source: title: Street sweeping and cleaning machinery
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate