Incident date: 2015-12-29
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee climbed atop the asphalt drum in an attempt to clear recycled asphalt from the chute and fell 12-15 ft. to the ground. The employee was knocked unconscious and possibly broke a leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Asphalt and concrete spreaders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate