Incident date: 2025-06-03
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was walking on a rail container catwalk and removing a lock that guides the container onto the chassis and locks it into place. The employee tripped over a guard on the rail container and lost his balance, causing him to jump 4 feet to the crushed rock ground surface. He landed on his feet, resulting in hospitalization for a fractured left heel that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet)  excluding toes
severity: moderate