Incident date: 2023-03-13
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was loading concrete traffic barriers onto a semi trailer when he tripped, causing his foot to become caught between the pins that hold the barriers together and the step deck of the trailer. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the lower right leg and fractures to the foot/ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Trip on vehicle without fall-nontransport
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate