Incident date: 2025-07-08
NAICS industry code: 488210

The injured employee loaded a container onto a railcar and then mounted the railcar to put in the locking mechanism for the container. The employee was struck by another container that a crane was loading onto the railcar and fell approximately four feet from the railcar to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis, shoulder, and two ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate