Incident date: 2016-11-17
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was changing the tire on a loader. He placed blocking under the loader after jacking it up. The jack shifted, causing the loader to fall down onto the blocking. The impact of the loader broke the employee's hip, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Loaders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate