Incident date: 2019-03-28
NAICS industry code: 237310

The injured employee was supervising another employee who was operating a track skid steer loader during a backfilling excavation. The operator lost control of the skid steer and rotated toward the injured employee's path, striking him on the chest with the bucket. He suffered five to seven broken ribs and a possible collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate