Incident date: 2024-03-20
NAICS industry code: 237310

On March 20, 2024, at approximately 6:15 AM, the injured employee was assisting four other employees in drilling holes for guardrail installation with a pneumatic drill attached to a trailer-mounted air compressor. While moving the air hose, it was pulled taught by the moving trailer and it tripped the injured employee, causing them to strike their head on the pavement and sustain a blood clot to their temple area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Other traumatic injuries  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Forehead, temple(s)
severity: moderate