Incident date: 2020-08-18
NAICS industry code: 327991

An employee was loading countertop slabs onto an A-frame on the back of a flatbed truck. The slabs began to fall, causing the employee to fall onto the ground with his head and torso below the truck. The slabs then fell onto his legs. His left leg was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Stone, marble, granite slabs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: high