Incident date: 2021-06-29
NAICS industry code: 221210

An employee who had been checking meters was standing by a company pickup truck parked near an intersection along the left shoulder of a road. A utility truck and trailer loaded with utility poles traveling past the parked work truck caught the front left of the parked pickup truck and moved it approximately 25 feet, pinning the employee between the two vehicles. The employee suffered one broken rib and a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle on side of road
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate