Incident date: 2023-02-25
NAICS industry code: 112112

An employee was using a skid loader with a backhoe attachment to dig up a clogged water line. The attachment came loose and threw the employee to the ground, resulting in vertebrae fractures of the neck and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate