Incident date: 2020-06-15
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was tightening straps on a 3,000-pound wire ram. Straps on the opposite side became loose and the ram began to dig into the ground, then fell and pinned the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a lower lumbar compression.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate