Incident date: 2016-10-18
NAICS industry code: 541614

An employee was evaluating a defaulted/de-energized trolley kart when the trolley kart self-energized and rapidly moved toward the employee. The employee was struck by the trolley kart and pinned between a conveyor and the bumper of the kart causing a laceration to the left inner thigh. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate