Incident date: 2025-06-24
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was delivering propane tanks. He was unloading the propane tanks off a flatbed trailer onto the ground using a crane next to where he was standing. His knee became pinned between two 500-gallon propane tanks, resulting in bruising and swelling of the right knee that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Propane tanks and cylinders
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate