Incident date: 2019-03-18
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was using a dolly leg handle to lower a trailer so it could be connected. The handle slipped from his hands and it sprung back, striking him in the jaw and neck area, bruising his esophagus, and breaking his jawbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate