Incident date: 2018-09-16
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was picking up a spare tooth from under the wheel of a ditching machine when the machine operator lowered the crumming shoe, striking the employee. The employee suffered bruised lungs and a bruised abdomen, as well as two broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate