Incident date: 2018-05-21
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a jackhammer to break rock in an excavation when a section of asphalt (approximately 2 feet by 2 feet by 8 inches) broke away and struck his left leg, fracturing his tibia. Person protection equipment was worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Construction debris
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate