Incident date: 2021-05-28
NAICS industry code: 488490

A shipping yard laborer had just helped a straddle carrier operator connect lifting gear to a flat rack's arms. The straddle carrier was lifting the arm when the flat rack slid toward the yard laborer and pinned him against the bumper of the straddle. The laborer suffered a broken sternum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate