Incident date: 2025-05-19
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was operating a road boring machine to install a water line underneath a highway when the machine moved and closed on his leg, pinching it against the trench and resulting in a broken leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Tunneling machines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate