Incident date: 2019-01-17
NAICS industry code: 237310

A leg from a concrete paver had been removed at the job site and transported to the yard by a material loader. A mechanic truck was used to lift the leg off the loader and place it on the ground. Once on the ground, the leg shifted and the employee was pinned between the leg and a low-boy trailer in the chest and right shoulder area. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate