Incident date: 2020-07-15
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was spotting for the operator of a road paver as it was backing up. The employee was struck by the paver and caught against a road roller machine. He sustained injury, including a crushed artery, to the left thigh requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate