Incident date: 2024-02-08
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was guiding a push-cart down a ramp into a lower mechanical room. The cart had 12 bags of cement weighting 80 pounds each. The cart pushed the employee down the ramp and pinned his leg was against a housekeeping pad containing a switch gear at the bottom of the ramp. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate