Incident date: 2015-08-10
NAICS industry code: 213112

During pipeline construction and while stringing pipe, a track hoe operator was unloading pipe from a delivery truck when an employee walked behind the track hoe on the operator's blind side. The track hoe backed up onto the employee's left foot amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: high