Incident date: 2023-07-18
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was loading a bundle of 3/8-inch rebar using a standup skid loader. While transporting the load, the equipment tipped forward, throwing the employee over the controls and into the mast of the skid loader. The employee sustained several teeth avulsions, a mouth laceration, and bruising/swelling around the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate