Incident date: 2015-09-09
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was working on a crane motor. As the motor started, it backfired through the exhaust where the employee was standing. He jumped from the crane chassis to the floor (approximately 4 feet) and fractured his left knee. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate