Incident date: 2018-05-08
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was operating an excavator when it tipped on the edge of the road adjacent to a trench. This caused the employee to fall against the inside of the cab resulting in hospitalization for broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate