Incident date: 2020-02-25
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing in the excavation area around a gas main at night signaling the excavator operator when the excavator bucket struck the employee's right foot causing four dislocated toes and tendon and ligament damage that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate