Incident date: 2016-10-27
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee climbed onto a flatbed truck to unhook equipment. As the employee unhooked the load, the chain binder's lever suddenly released, allowing the chain to fall and hit the employee's right leg, fracturing two bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate