Incident date: 2023-03-23
NAICS industry code: 447190

An employee was assisting with straightening out a bent mudflap bracket using a jack. As the mudflap moved, the jack shifted causing the employee's hand to strike the bottom of the semi-trailer. The employee sustained abrasions and a fracture to the hand that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate