Incident date: 2024-07-15
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was walking away from his skid steer when he tripped and fell on a piece of metal that punctured his neck. He was hospitalized with a broken hyoid bone and a neck puncture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate