Incident date: 2024-09-18
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee in the rail yard was struck by the corner of a slow-moving railcar and lost their balance. The employee grabbed onto the side of the railcar to regain their balance and sustained an avulsion injury to the left thigh and a broken right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Non-passenger struck by rail vehicle
code_source: title: Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate