Incident date: 2015-03-12
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was setting a structure and was directing an excavator operator on where to dig a hole. He was standing between the bucket and a PCP (concrete) pipe. The operator could not see him behind the bucket. When the operator moved the bucket, the employee was pinned between the bucket and the pipe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate