Incident date: 2021-02-01
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was driving a backhoe to remove snow when the front loader arm got caught on an elevated sewer casting that was covered in snow, causing the backhoe to stop abruptly. The employee was propelled forward, impacting his chest on the steering wheel. The employee sustained a fractured sternum and a contusion to his chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate