Incident date: 2017-06-16
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was operating a self propelled modular transport trailer that had a load and was walking backward when he was caught between the edge of a jersey barrier and the power pack of the trailer. His right leg was crushed below the knee and had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high