Incident date: 2018-11-16
NAICS industry code: 424810

An employee was pulling a pin to uncouple the fifth wheel of a tractor trailer when the employee lost grip and fell backwards onto the ground, suffering a fractured hip and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate