Incident date: 2015-04-28
NAICS industry code: 237310

On or about April 28, 2015 at 12:30 PM two employees were repositioning a water buffalo on the jobsite. The water buffalo had been delivered by a dump truck so the spring lock handle was positioned and supported too high to be placed onto a pick up truck hitch. To lower the spring lock handle, the employee kicked away the dunnage that was supporting the handle.  In the process of removing the supporting dunnage the handle became unstable and fell to the ground, striking the  employee's left foot and breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate