Incident date: 2018-05-14
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was walking with a mini-excavator that was carrying a sewer vault in a marked construction zone on a public roadway. A privately owned vehicle sped through the zone, causing the employee to step sideways into the path of the mini-excavator. The mini-excavator then struck and broke his leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
code_source: title: Mini excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate