Incident date: 2023-10-06
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was placing road barrels on a street for future road work activities. A nearby flatbed truck struck a telephone pole while turning, causing chain link security fencing to strike the employee in the chest and pin them against a steel handrail of the platform and the fence. The employee suffered fractured ribs on both sides, a lacerated liver and pancreas, and a ruptured spleen that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate