Incident date: 2015-08-19
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was cutting and grinding metal on a building column to prepare it for painting. A backhoe nearby lurched and pinned the employee between the backhoe bucket and the building column, injuring (hematoma) the employee's left thigh requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate