Incident date: 2017-04-20
NAICS industry code: 713210

An employee was unloading a pallet of sod from the back of a box truck with a bobcat. He was holding onto the back of the bobcat when it tipped forward. Then the pallet of sod fell off and the bobcat tipped back upright, causing the employee to fall backwards onto the pavement. He sustained a head injury and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate