Incident date: 2016-01-06
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee was moving soil and debris over a pile with a dozer. The equipment went nose down over an earthen embankment and slung the employee out. He struck the ground, and the equipment landed near/on top of him, lacerating his head and damaging his neck vertebrae. He was hospitalized. No seat belt was worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Bulldozers
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate