Incident date: 2023-01-26
NAICS industry code: 237310

Employees were picking up barrels in a construction zone when a vehicle swerved to avoid a collision with a truck, and over-corrected, striking two employees. One employee sustained scrapes while the other employee was hospitalized for multiple fractures to the pelvis and legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate