Incident date: 2017-01-24
NAICS industry code: 484220

A driver was trying to tighten a washout cap on a cargo tank trailer when the washout cap blew off and startled him. He fell off the trailer and broke his right femur, separated his left shoulder and sustained a spleen injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate