Incident date: 2020-05-06
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was backing up a construction/utility vehicle. The corner of the vehicle's bucket caught a stack of three bales and tipped over the top bale. The bale struck the injured employee who was separating cardboard in the area, causing a broken leg and bruised ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate