Incident date: 2019-03-05
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was next to a mini-excavator when its control handles caught his coat. The excavator activated, causing the employee to fall, and its track then ran over and broke his right foot. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Mini excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate