Incident date: 2016-06-06
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using an excavator to place a concrete barrier rail and crash cushions when the excavator boom moved and pinched the employee beneath a section of crash cushion. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate