Incident date: 2019-08-05
NAICS industry code: 488490

An employee was uncoupling semi trucks via the temporary fifth wheel connection. The trucks had been setup in the piggy back configuration for transport. The employee was pinned between two semi trucks and sustained a fractured jaw and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate