Incident date: 2018-01-05
NAICS industry code: 811310

While loading a loader onto a flatbed trailer, an employee lost control of the equipment, which then fell off the trailer to the ground. The employee was caught between the loader and the ground, suffering a fractured arm, bruised ribs, punctured lung, and neck injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Loaders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate