Incident date: 2023-09-29
NAICS industry code: 339950

Employees were moving a 60-gallon upright air compressor, weighing approximately 375 pounds, on a hand cart. The air compressor shifted and tipped over, causing it and the hand cart to fall onto the injured employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate