Incident date: 2025-06-23
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was climbing up a ladder to the top of a railcar. The employee slipped and fell from the ladder, striking the coupler of the railcar during the fall. This caused the employee's body to shift, and they landed on their head/nose/face. The employee suffered broken ribs, a broken cheekbone, a broken nose, and internal bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Rail vehicle  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate