Incident date: 2018-12-08
NAICS industry code: 488330

An employee was on the safety platform on top of a tank car tightening up the bolts on a hatch with a ratchet. While turning the ratchet, the socket came off the bolt causing the employee to fall backwards approximately 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate