Incident date: 2022-11-02
NAICS industry code: 562119

On November 3, 2022, an employee was using a front-end loader to load construction debris onto a tractor trailer. The front-end loader's radiator cap came off and the radiator shot hot coolant onto him, causing him to jump from the cabin to the concrete floor about 3 feet below. He suffered a broken right leg and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate