Incident date: 2017-09-13
NAICS industry code: 238160

The injured employee was operating a telehandler that had a man basket with two employees in it. He was backing it up and struck a large object. He stopped suddenly and began to lower the man basket. The telehandler tipped over. The injured employee had multiple broken toes on his left foot that required hospitalization and surgery. The employees in the man basket suffered cuts and bruises.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate