Incident date: 2024-11-11
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was climbing into a reel to operate the inside reel valve when a shift of weight caused the reel to rotate. The employee got caught between a spoke of the wheel and the wall of the trailer, resulting in a crush injury to the chest, a lacerated spleen, multiple hemorrhages and internal bleeding, a fractured rib, an anterior chest wall abrasion, and back abrasions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate