Incident date: 2015-02-18
NAICS industry code: 444190

Employee delivering slabs of solid surface material was standing on a truck flat bed while employees of the receiving company unloaded a slab.  The Abaco clamp holding the material gave way, releasing the load and knocked the injured employee from the truck bed.  The slab broke into pieces and a section fell, striking the injured employee below the knees on both legs breaking them. The injuries required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate