Incident date: 2017-06-11
NAICS industry code: 32613

A skid steer operator detached a spreader bar from the skid steer because the bar would not sit flat on the ground. The injured employee started to push the bar when it fell and struck his leg, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate