Incident date: 2020-06-23
NAICS industry code: 484121

A driver had just gotten a skid off the truck while delivering cargo to a customer when he came into contact with a mower blade that was sticking out of the cardboard container that it was in. The driver sustained a cut to the Achilles tendon on his right ankle that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate