Incident date: 2017-01-24
NAICS industry code: 237990

On 1/24/2017, an employee was dismounting an excavator when his safety vest got caught on one of the levers. The lever engaged and caused the bucket to drop on a second employee who was standing close to the excavator and crushed both of his ankles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate