Incident date: 2024-05-24
NAICS industry code: 452319

An employee was going down a ramp with a cart loaded with trash. A bag of trash fell off the cart. The employee attempted to catch the trash bag and fell approximately 18 inches off the dock to the ground. The employee sustained a broken wrist and a fractured hip along with a bump on the right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, inclines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate