Incident date: 2024-10-01
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was climbing down between a truck and trailer to remove the tarp from the load when the material got caught on the tarp. As he was climbing down to remove the tarp from the material, he tripped on a pipe or bungee cord and fell from the fender to the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a pneumothorax on the right side of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Other semi, tractor-trailer
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate