Incident date: 2022-02-17
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was stepping from a loading dock into a postal vehicle when the top of her head struck the top of the vehicle. She stepped back, slipped, and fell, hitting her back and head on the loading dock. She suffered broken vertebrae in the lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate