Incident date: 2020-09-11
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was flagging drivers in a work zone on a public highway. He was struck by a spray truck that was moving in reverse while applying tar during a tar and chip paving operation. The employee suffered trauma to the left side, broken vertebrae, a punctured lung, and trauma to internal organs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate