Incident date: 2020-09-22
NAICS industry code: 423810

An employee was using a sledgehammer to loosen dirt from the inside of an excavator bucket. A piece of the bucket tooth broke off, struck the employee's right leg, and lacerated it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate