Incident date: 2023-05-09
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was moving tools and equipment from a 16-ton steel track excavator to co-workers at the work area on site. The employee was walking toward the excavator when he fell. The excavator backed up and ran over his legs, resulting in multiple breaks in his left femur, tissue damage to the left ankle and left foot, and one broken toe on left foot, as well as multiple fractures and tissue damage in the right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate