Incident date: 2017-05-30
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was in a trench using a machine to locate the end of a pipe. A cylinder came off the machine, and the machine bucket became detached and rolled down the trench, striking the employee. The employee suffered a broken right wrist, left leg laceration and torn muscles, and a right ankle laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate