Incident date: 2018-06-12
NAICS industry code: 424430

An employee was standing in front of the ice cream trailer preparing to load ice cream onto the straight truck. He turned and reached into the trailer to pull out the ramp. At the same time the employee was reaching into the trailer, the truck continued to back up and struck the injured employee on his left side pinning him between the trailer and the straight truck. The employee sustained a lacerated spleen and liver.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
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