Incident date: 2021-09-13
NAICS industry code: 238110

Employees were using an excavator to dig an excavation for a water line. The excavator bucket swung and struck an employee in the right side resulting in broken ribs and other injuries requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate