Incident date: 2024-09-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was showing a skid steer operator the location of the hydraulic lock button when it was engaged and the controls were activated, resulting in the employee becoming caught in the curled pallet forks of the skid steer. The employee sustained fractures to his leg and hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate