Incident date: 2018-04-05
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was using a handheld shovel to level out a ditch for a retention pond pipe. At the same time, an off-road truck was being loaded beside the retention pond. A rock (2 to 3 inches in diameter) then fell off the dump truck and rolled downhill into the ditch, striking the employee. The employee suffered back and left side injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Rocks, crushed stone
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate