Incident date: 2024-04-22
NAICS industry code: 811111

An employee was preparing to work on a vehicle that was being pulled into the shop for repair. The vehicle's brakes failed and it continued to roll forward striking and pinning the employee against the service desk. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Automobile
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate