Incident date: 2024-09-04
NAICS industry code: 221210

On September 4, 2024, at 10:22 AM, an employee was directing a backhoe operator from the asphalt on the side of an excavation. The employee reached over the backhoe bucket to move a spade when the bucket bounced up and struck his right foot. The employee sustained an amputation of two toes and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high