Incident date: 2020-12-01
NAICS industry code: 541330

A traffic control crew was picking up signs to move to a different location. An employee was putting the temporary roll-up signs in the traffic control trailer. He sat on the sign while moving to the next sign. Wind caught the sign he was sitting on causing him to fall off the trailer while it was in motion. He was hospitalized with a broken left leg and contusions to his arms and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate