Incident date: 2017-09-16
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was operating an earth compactor to compact soil so cement could be poured for a new driveway. The employee drove up an incline and then turned the compactor so it was parallel to the hill. The compactor tipped over, causing injury to the employee's left hip and breaking his left foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Rollers, compactors-construction
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate