Incident date: 2022-08-18
NAICS industry code: 484121

A truck driver was manually unhooking a trailer. The driver hooked an extension bar to the manual handle for the fifth wheel and began to pull. The extension bar slipped, causing them to fall backward to the concrete ground and sustain a broken vertebra in the lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate