Incident date: 2019-11-04
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was standing next to a trackhoe looking at pipe when the bucket coupler released. The trackhoe's bucket struck the employee in the back and the bucket's teeth pierced the employee's side. The employee sustained injuries to the spine, ribs, spleen, and kidney.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate