Incident date: 2016-02-02
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was helping with ground work when a strap holding an auger to a truck broke and the auger swung free, hitting the employee in the head. He was knocked unconscious and was hospitalized with a head laceration. The employee was wearing a hardhat at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate