Incident date: 2024-05-15
NAICS industry code: 424710

An employee was fueling a bobtail semi-truck and missed a step while descending the ladder on the back of the truck. He fell 5.5 feet backward to the cement ground. The employee sustained fractures to his right ribs and his sacrum, as well as a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Other semi, tractor-trailer
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate