Incident date: 2017-02-02
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was working in an excavation, tightening flange bolts on a pipe, while an excavator operator was changing the excavator bucket nearby. The bucket came loose, hit the ground, and rolled approximately 10 feet into the excavation, striking the employee and pinning him underneath it. He suffered a lower leg injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate