Incident date: 2017-08-31
NAICS industry code: 221112

An employee was operating a backhoe to clean fuel bunkers when a backhoe attachment broke through the back window of the operator's cab and struck the employee. The employee was found unresponsive with head and face injuries, requiring hospitalization. The employee suffered a concussion, a broken orbital bone and a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate