Incident date: 2020-08-20
NAICS industry code: 423390

The injured employee delivered cement to the customer and was cleaning the chute on the concrete truck in the staging area established at the site for cleaning tools. A track hoe arrived at the staging area for cleaning. The injured employee was standing between the concrete truck and track hoe and was struck in the abdomen by the track hoe bucket. The employee was hospitalized.

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