Incident date: 2016-05-11
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was preparing a trailer to load a roller that was on a slope. A coworker was in control of the roller and left it unattended. The coworker set the emergency brake, but the emergency brake was not working properly. The roller then began to roll slowly and struck the employee, who suffered a leg/hip dislocation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Rollers, compactors-construction
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate