Incident date: 2025-07-15
NAICS industry code: 424420

An employee was changing brake pads underneath a trailer unit. They used a hydraulic floor jack under an axle to secure the trailer in an elevated position. The trailer rolled and collapsed while the employee's head was underneath the air bag plate, resulting in a concussion, a laceration to the left side of their face, and a bruise on the right side of their face. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate