Incident date: 2023-08-30
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was walking to check on a contractor who was helping to remove concrete with an excavator. The contractor got out of the excavator and bumped the controls, causing the excavator to run into the employee. They sustained fractures to the elbow and leg, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate