Incident date: 2020-01-29
NAICS industry code: 221210

Two employees were removing a meter inside a customer's establishment to perform a meter transfer. The injured employee was lowering the meter when he lost his grip and it slipped from his hands, striking his left thigh. He suffered a ruptured quadricep in his left thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate