Incident date: 2017-11-27
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was removing a test ball from a manhole. An excavator was lifting the test ball when it struck the employee's head, fracturing vertebrae in his neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate