Incident date: 2015-05-26
NAICS industry code: 491110

The employee, a rural mail carrier, observed a pick-up truck traveling towards her at a high rate of speed and possibly out of control. She was operating a personal vehicle, and pulled over to avoid the pick-up. The pick-up truck struck the employee's vehicle causing the air bags to deploy. The employee suffered broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway
code_source: title: Automobile
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate