Incident date: 2022-11-04
NAICS industry code: 811118

An employee was working on the parking brake for a piece of equipment when the 60-pound tension plate on the parking break released, striking the employee and causing him to stumble backward and fall. The employee suffered a broken leg that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate