Incident date: 2023-03-27
NAICS industry code: 237310

A backhoe was lifting a 700-pound road saw while the injured employee was guiding the saw onto a van. The saw tipped from the back of the van and fell onto the employee, resulting in muscle strain and bruising.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Road grading and surfacing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Strains
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate