Incident date: 2022-12-08
NAICS industry code: 237120

Three employees were working in an active work zone when a third-party vehicle entered the work zone and struck a portable light tower. The employees were then struck by the light tower, sustaining injuries. One employee was hospitalized for three rib fractures and a spleen laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate