Incident date: 2017-06-30
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was standing on the ground setting concrete rubble onto an excavator bucket when the excavator bucket moved, striking the employee on the right lower leg. He suffered a skin tear and fracture to his right leg, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate