Incident date: 2019-11-08
NAICS industry code: 237310

Employees were setting 5-foot by 5-foot concrete mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall panels. While they were adjusting a panel, the tooth of an excavator caught the metal strap of an adjacent retaining wall, causing it to fall over and break an employee's pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate