Incident date: 2024-06-19
NAICS industry code: 331110

The injured employee was operating a straddle carrier to transfer a load to the billet yard. When they turned left into the billet yard, the straddle caught fire. The employee stopped the vehicle and jumped approximately 6-8 feet to the ground. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to the head, face, and arms, and a fractured right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
code_source: title: Oversized industrial hauler
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate