Incident date: 2021-02-11
NAICS industry code: 721214

An employee was getting out of a skid steer loader when they slipped on ice and fell between the loader's arms and the cab of the tractor. While falling, a lever was pressed that caused the arms of the skid steer to lower and crush the employee between the cab and the arms. The employee suffered three broken ribs, a collapsed right lung, a fractured C7 vertebra, lost feeling/use of the right arm, and broken blood vessels in both eyes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate