Incident date: 2018-12-04
NAICS industry code: 493130

An employee was unloading a telehandler on a flatbed trailer when the telehandler fell from the flatbed trailer and overturned. The employee struck the ground and telehandler as he fell, suffering broken ribs that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate