Incident date: 2016-04-16
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee's work vehicle became stuck in the snow at a customer location. The customer offered to tow the truck with his vehicle, and when the employee was attaching the tow rope, the customer's vehicle slid down the hill and pinned the employee between the two vehicles. The employee suffered 10 broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, and a broken clavicle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, 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