Incident date: 2024-02-13
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was replacing a heating unit on an excavator. As they stepped off the excavator, the employee lost footing and fell striking their head on the concrete. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized for a brain bleed that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate