Incident date: 2020-02-07
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was connecting a trailer to a truck. He lowered the trailer's landing gear so the trailer could be connected. The landing gear handle sprung back when released, striking his right arm below the elbow and breaking it. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate