Incident date: 2022-06-24
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee was moving an 80-gallon water heater using a hand truck when the heater fell on his right leg, resulting in a leg fracture that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate