Incident date: 2015-08-08
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was injured by a 40 foot tie rod that fell from a trackhoe excavator onto the employee's head and shoulders injuring two vertebrae in the neck and bruising the right shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate