Incident date: 2016-06-09
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was shoveling gravel into a 1-foot trench by a partition wall. The site supervisor was operating a mini excavator near the partition wall while the employee was working on the opposite side. The mini excavator bumped into the wall, causing it to fall to pieces. Some of the pieces fell on and broke the employee's hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate