Incident date: 2019-02-15
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was installing a sewer pipe in a trench. He was changing the bucket to a smaller bucket using the quick connect attachment on an excavator when the bucket fell on the employee, breaking his leg. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate