Incident date: 2019-05-01
NAICS industry code: 237310

On May 3, 2019, an employee was placing pipe in a trench and was working in the vicinity of an excavator. A hydraulic line on the excavator ruptured causing the bucket to swing down and strike the employee. The employee sustained a fractured right arm and kidney damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate