Incident date: 2023-06-12
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was driving forward in a container top handler vehicle with a container raised. When the employee applied the brakes, they were ejected from the cab, going through the glass. The employee sustained a punctured left lung, lacerated liver, crush injury to a kidney, seven broken ribs on the left side, and scalp lacerations. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate