Incident date: 2024-06-25
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was clearing debris and preparing an area for the installation of railing. The hydraulics on the excavator failed, causing the guardrailing to fall. He was sitting on the ground when a piece of railing fell and struck his back, causing fractures to his vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Guardrails, road dividers or barriers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate