Incident date: 2025-07-09
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was lifting a hydraulic trailer gate for an asphalt roller when a spring in the lift mechanism broke and struck the employee's chest. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the chest requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Springs, coils
code_nature: title: Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels  unspecified
code_body: title: Chest  unspecified
severity: moderate