Incident date: 2020-05-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a scraper when the cushion hitch closed, restricting the shock-absorbing capabilities of the scraper loaded with soil. The employee hit an obscure bump on the haul road and as a result experienced a back injury that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Graders, scrapers-construction
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate