Incident date: 2021-03-17
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was unloading tires from a truck at the transfer station. The employee opened a box on the truck to dump the tires and when he opened the door, a tire came loose from an elevated position and struck his left leg. The employee sustained a broken tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes, wheels, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate