Incident date: 2020-01-31
NAICS industry code: 327992

An employee was loading his machine (scraper) on a clay slope at approximately 5:10 AM. The scraper hit an uneven surface and jostled the employee in the seat. The employee immediately felt a sharp pain in their back and was hospitalized for a T12 fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Graders, scrapers-construction
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate