Incident date: 2018-02-16
NAICS industry code: 237990

An equipment operator was loading a tripod onto a backhoe while standing on the ground. He inadvertently struck a lever with the tripod causing the boom to swing into him and pin him between the boom and stabilizer resulting in fractured ribs and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate