Incident date: 2020-04-06
NAICS industry code: 488999

An employee was climbing out of his tractor and missed the bottom step. He fell to the ground, landing on his left knee. The employee's patellar tendon was torn, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate