Incident date: 2017-03-27
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was unloading equipment from the bed of a truck when his fall protection lanyard became tangled around his leg, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He broke his leg and dislocated his right ankle while trying to remove his boot, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate