Incident date: 2024-03-14
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was laying down on the ground to grab a hose that was underneath the catwalk area of a mobile belt sludge press trailer, and when standing up, the catwalk unfolded to its normal stationary position impacting the employee in the upper torso, head, and neck. This resulted in a contusion to the neck and back. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate