Incident date: 2020-11-19
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was jacking up the trailer of an 18-wheeler with an air jack under the rear bumper. The rear bumper broke when the welds failed, and the 800-pound jack fell onto the employee. He suffered a forehead laceration, broken ribs, and a spleen injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Jacks
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate