Incident date: 2024-10-21
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using an excavator (with hydraulic shears mounted on it) to move, shear, and cut old steel trusses. He set a truss on the ground in front of him and began adjusting the position of the excavator. The truss rolled into the cab of the excavator and struck his right leg below the knee. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula as well as a wound to the lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate