Incident date: 2021-04-07
NAICS industry code: 488410

An employee was helping to recover an RV that had gone over a highway embankment. A chain broke on the rotator wrecker and swung around behind the RV, wrapping around the employee's leg. This resulted in broken bones below the employee's right knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate