Incident date: 2017-03-15
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was working on the ground close to an excavator when the excavator bucket lowered and struck the employee resulting in a dislocated right ankle and possible cracked ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate