Incident date: 2016-05-24
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was backfilling sugar from a sugar silo into a tanker truck when a lock on one of the trailer hatches gave way and released significant air pressure, throwing the employee to the ground. The employee broke the lower left arm and right wrist, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ground, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate