Incident date: 2022-09-08
NAICS industry code: 237310

Employees were washing an asphalt roller with a power washer. The washer's hose became entangled in the rear wheel of the roller, then wrapped around an employee's left leg and pulled it into the wheel. The employee suffered several broken bones in the leg and the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Rollers, compactors-construction
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate