Incident date: 2025-08-19
NAICS industry code: 236220

A flagger was walking behind a mini-excavator. The excavator backed into him and fractured his heels, his left ankle, and his left wrist, as well as injuring a tendon in his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up location unspecified
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate