Incident date: 2018-08-16
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee operating a 30-ton mobile crane was backing out down a hill when the brakes felt like they were not working, so the employee opened the door and exited the crane. He jumped approximately 6 feet and fell on his right leg at an odd angle, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate