Incident date: 2024-12-04
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee was conducting repairs on an excavator engine compartment while standing on top of it. The employee stepped on the removed engine door cover and slipped and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground, fracturing their left hip and femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate