Incident date: 2017-04-21
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was driving an excavator down a ramp from the second floor to the ground floor when the boom struck a slab and caused the equipment to stop. The employee's body then moved forward and struck the windshield, causing head and neck injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate