Incident date: 2025-08-05
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee swapped the bucket on his excavator and began digging when the bucket fell off and into an embankment. The injured employee was checking the grade in the embankment and was struck by the excavator bucket, fracturing his right tibia, fibula, and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate