Incident date: 2016-04-22
NAICS industry code: 237110

On April 22, 2016, an employee was backing up in the trench while directing an excavator operator to come back with the bucket when he was crushed between the excavator bucket and a water main behind him. He suffered cracked ribs and contusions to the left side of his chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate