Incident date: 2023-08-21
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was using a coil tractor to transport scrap coils to a field. To avoid a collision with a semi-truck, the employee continued in the opposite direction down a path that led onto a narrow dirt road. The load became unstable, causing the tractor to overturn and fall into a drainage basin. The employee sustained a left leg and ankle fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate