Incident date: 2025-05-30
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using an excavator to unload concrete traffic barriers. The excavator swung, tipped over an existing barrier, and fell into a ravine/wetland. The employee sustained a fractured left shin requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate