Incident date: 2024-10-16
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was performing housekeeping tasks when they were struck on the right shoulder by a mini excavator bucket, causing the employee to fall forward and strike the asphalt in front of him. The employed sustained a frontal lobe brain bleed, fractures to their right shoulder, orbital bone, and nose, as well as a forehead laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Mini excavators
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate