Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a backhoe, shoveling milling material off the road, when the shovel became caught on a manhole road protrusion. This contact jarred the backhoe and the employee with great force, causing a liver injury where the seat belt connection contacted the employee near the right abdominal area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle struck object or animal in roadway
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
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