Incident date: 2024-02-27
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was helping load train wheels onto a trailer. A forklift put a wheel on the trailer and pushed it. The wheel veered toward the employee. He jumped off the trailer and landed on his right side; the wheel then hit him on the left upper leg, severing his femoral artery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wheels, tire rims
code_nature: title: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate