Incident date: 2024-06-24
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was operating a plow to install fiber internet cable. While the vehicle was parked and the employee was on the ground, the vehicle began to move. The employee was climbing up to the cab when his legs became caught in the track, crushing them. Both legs were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Other construction, logging, and mining machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: high