Incident date: 2021-05-12
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was laying hot asphalt during road construction and was standing on the rear catwalk of a laydown asphalt paver operating the controls. A subcontractor dump truck backed into the paver and pinned the employee between the paver controls and the dump truck. The employee suffered bruises and internal bleeding to both upper legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Dump truck
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate