Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was backfilling a trench using a concrete auger. When the trench transitioned to a different depth, the auger articulated and the front-right tire lodged itself in the deeper portion of the trench, causing the auger to tilt to the right into the ditch. As the machine was teetering toward the ditch, multiple employees brought a mini excavator to hook onto the cement auger to shift it upright. As the auger was pulled back out of the ditch, it articulated to the left and caught the injured employee's leg between the bucket on the excavator and the side of the auger. The employee suffered a fracture and injured muscle tissue in his leg.
An employee was diagnosing the cause of a rear light malfunction on a forklift when the reverse gear engaged. The forklift moved backward and contacted the employee causing a metatarsal fracture in their left foot and injury to their lower right leg.
An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when he was struck by a customer's truck as it was backing out of a parking spot. The truck pinned the employee's left leg against the cart mule they were using. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg and required surgery.
An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.
An employee took a picture of the seal and license plate on a delivery truck after loading. The truck then reversed back to the dock and pinned the injured employee against the dock. The employee sustained an abdominal fracture.
An employee was between a milling machine and an 18-wheeler belly dump when the 18-wheeler backed up and ran over his feet and legs. The employee was caught between the front of the milling machine and the truck. The employee sustained fractures to their hip, leg, and feet.