Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 452111

An employee was attempting to hook a trailer to the hitch of a customer's vehicle. The customer was backing up and hit the gas pedal while in reverse, pinning the employee between the vehicle and the trailer. The employee suffered severe leg contusions and was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate