Incident date: 2017-08-01
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a vehicle to move traffic control drums from a closed lane to the shoulder. She was traveling 5 to 10 miles per hour when she crashed into the road's barrier wall, striking her knee on the plastic and metal underneath her vehicle's steering column. She suffered a knee laceration, fractured ribs, and a liver laceration, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate