Incident date: 2024-03-14
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was fueling an excavator from the fuel tank in the bed of the truck while standing on the bumper of the truck. The plastic on the bumper broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and resulting in a fractured right femur just below the joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Pickup truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate