Incident date: 2018-07-23
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was using a prybar to help another employee remove a quick coupler from a wheel. When the coupler came free, it landed on the employee's right foot, breaking every toe. The employee was hospitalized. Steel-toed boots were not being worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Clamps, couplings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate