Incident date: 2025-05-28
NAICS industry code: 813990

On May 28, 2025, an employee was working to fill a farmer's converted grain truck that had a liquid tank on the bed of the truck. The employee was getting up on the back on the truck and reached for the handle of a door. The door was not secured and the employee fell backward about 4 feet to the ground. He sustained a punctured lung and five broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate