Incident date: 2024-03-26
NAICS industry code: 327320

Employees were unloading geogrid materials from a flatbed delivery truck when strong winds caused the geogrid to roll faster than expected and a roll landed on the injured employee's foot. This caused him to step backward and he fell off the truck to the ground below, sustaining a fractured left hip that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Other semi, tractor-trailer
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate