Incident date: 2020-04-25
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was trying to remove a T-post fencing stake using a stake remover tool. While using his body weight to push down on the lever, his leg twisted and broke. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate