Incident date: 2021-04-26
NAICS industry code: 336111

An employee was driving a motorized buggy down an aisleway in the assembly area of a plant along with a co-worker. The employee braked to turn a corner when his foot slipped off the brake and on to the accelerator pedal. The motorized buggy turned the corner and went right into a mist collector. The employee was thrown forward in the buggy and suffered multiple fractures to his left foot that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate