Incident date: 2020-10-22
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee had loaded several 6-foot by 6-inch guardrail posts onto the lift gate of a truck with a covered bed on the back. The employee was riding on the lift gate as the truck was driven at about 5-mph to an installation site 100 yards away. When the truck turned onto a median to change directions, one of the posts slid towards the ground and became caught between the ground and the bracketing. The employee's left leg was pinned between the post and the truck bed, causing crushing injuries and lacerations to the lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate