Incident date: 2022-12-02
NAICS industry code: 237310

Two employees were securing a 20-foot long piece of wood/metal to an excavator. As it was being lifted by the excavator, the piece fell approximately eight feet and struck the injured employee, resulting in fractures to the legs, ribs, pelvis, and spine as well as two punctured lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Building materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate