Incident date: 2016-05-13
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was flagging traffic at a road construction when an excavator backed over and crushed his lower left leg. He suffered severe lower leg fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate