Incident date: 2017-09-26
NAICS industry code: 441229

On September 26, 2017, an employee was moving a tow dolly by hand. He was positioned downhill of the dolly when it began to roll down the slight grade. When he attempted to stop the dolly, it swung toward him. He stepped onto the dolly as it collided with a larger trailer and fell backward, injuring his back and shoulder and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate