Incident date: 2020-06-11
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was preparing to close the roll-up door on the back of a package delivery truck. He stepped backwards to place his foot on the lift gate and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated and fractured elbow that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate