Incident date: 2019-06-12
NAICS industry code: 327320

On June 12, 2019, at approximately 10:06 a.m., an employee was working near the back of a concrete truck when the bolts that hold the tag axle in place broke, causing the tag axle to fall and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken clavicle, broken foot, broken ribs, and a ruptured spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate