Incident date: 2016-10-03
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was working on a highway, pouring concrete on a part of the road, when a car sped into the construction zone. The car hit a wood plank, which ejected toward the employee, striking him in the face and causing major swelling and bruising. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate