Incident date: 2016-08-09
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was offloading a termite mini excavator from a trailer when the excavator missed the ramp and began to tip over. The employee dismounted the excavator and broke the left femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Mini excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate