Incident date: 2021-06-09
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was preparing to lay cable. While the employee was straddling a trailer, holding the cable roll, the trailer became unstable and flipped, striking and throwing the employee into a 3-foot deep trench. The employee sustained a broken right femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate