Incident date: 2019-11-20
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was driving a backhoe down a highway in a construction zone. An 18-wheeler semi truck struck the backhoe from behind; the employee suffered a broken nose (requiring emergency surgery) and a large laceration to the back of the head (requiring stitches).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate