Incident date: 2022-04-25
NAICS industry code: 112310

An employee was helping troubleshoot a relief valve that controlled a safety rail. The employee was descending a ladder on a feed truck when the relief valve was released. The pneumatic rail amputated the employee's right thumb, which caused the employee to fall 4.5 feet to the concrete floor and suffer broken vertebrae and head lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: high