Incident date: 2023-04-19
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a roller and loading it onto a trailer that was at a steep angle. The roller made it halfway up the ramp before descending in reverse and sliding sideways. The vehicle struck a sign pole and a downspout. As the employee dismounted the roller, his leg was pinned between the roller and the sign pole. He sustained a lower left leg laceration from the sign.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Rollers, compactors-construction
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate