Incident date: 2020-09-13
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was pushing a housekeeping cart down a ramp to the trash can. The ramp was approximately 6 inches from the sidewalk to the ground level. The cart went off the ramp and the employee tripped over the cart and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate