Incident date: 2021-12-27
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was clearing snow out of a parking area, using a mini-loader with a bucket attached. The bucket hit a water shutoff valve sticking up above the road surface; the mini-loader stopped, and the employee hit its glass front door and shattered the glass. The employee suffered a head laceration, an injured tongue, an injured sternum, broken ribs, and an injured hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate