Incident date: 2023-03-09
NAICS industry code: 238110

A maintenance employee was welding an attachment to the bucket of an excavator. The piston holding the bucket disengaged, causing the metal bucket to fall and land on the employee's foot, crushing and lacerating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate