Incident date: 2021-05-19
NAICS industry code: 562111

While out on assignment the employee's vehicle stopped working and needed to be towed for repair. The employee stepped out onto the foot hold on his vehicle at the same time the tow truck driver was trying to hook up the boom from the tow truck. The boom device struck the vehicle and the employee slipped from the foot hold and fell onto the street. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Tow truck
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate