Incident date: 2016-10-15
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was watching for oncoming traffic while a fellow worker was installing wiring on a light pole. The employee was struck by a motor vehicle that was driving illegally in reverse down a one way street in the wrong direction. The employee sustained a sprained right ankle, contusions to the left hip, thigh and forearm and lacerations to the left side of the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
code_source: title: SUV, sports utility vehicle
code_nature: title: Sprains and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate