Incident date: 2024-04-24
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee had been working subgrade material with a motor grader. While parked, he opened the door to get out and talk with a co-worker. He was holding the door as a gust of wind swung the door open and threw him out. He landed on his feet and fell over, sustaining a fractured left tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Graders, scrapers construction
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate