Incident date: 2025-05-21
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was driving a utility task vehicle (UTV) around campus collecting trash. While performing a U-turn the UTV became lodged against the curb. While freeing the UTV, it launched forward and collided with a wall adjacent to the curb. The steering wheel jerked and fractured their wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate