Incident date: 2023-06-01
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was in front of a hospital loading a six-foot step ladder and hose into a UTV. The step ladder slid onto the accelerator, causing the vehicle to strike a column and bounce back into the employee. They sustained several rib fractures and pneumothorax.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Off-road passenger vehicles-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate