Incident date: 2015-10-10
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was preparing a Toyota trailer for transportation by placing placards on the trailer.  A coworker was in the tractor cab waiting for the employee to finish preparing the trailer for transport.  The parking brake on the tractor truck was not set.  The tractor truck rolled back and pinned the employee between the trailer and tractor truck.  The injured employee was facing away from the tractor truck at the time of the incident.  The injured employee suffered crushing injuries to the midsection, ribs, and kidneys.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate