Incident date: 2024-04-29
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was working underneath a trailer to repair the axel. The trailer was supported by manual jacks. The jack failed/kicked out and the trailer fell on both of the employee's legs. The employee sustained fractures to their left tibia, patella, tibial plateau, and right fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate