Incident date: 2024-06-26
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was changing a bolt on the beller (a drilling tool) that was attached to an auger drive motor on a track loader. The auger drive motor spun, causing the beller to spin and strike the employee's legs. The employee sustained a broken right leg and bruises on the left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate