Incident date: 2023-04-19
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was preparing his truck to make a delivery of scrap metal. To remove the tarp covering, he turned on the roll tarping system. The mesh tarp got stuck on a piece of metal and as the employee went to move the tarp, his arm was pulled into the bracket shield. The employee sustained a fractured left forearm that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate