Incident date: 2023-05-02
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was opening a hatch on a bulk cement truck when pressure inside of the truck caused the hatch cover to slide off and up, striking the employee. The employee sustained a non-displaced pelvis fracture, a right linear temporal fracture and a subdural hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Container caps, lids, covers
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate