Incident date: 2022-01-21
NAICS industry code: 321911

An employee was removing a window from a truck when the handle broke off the window causing the employee to fall from the tailgate approximately 36 to 42 inches to the ground. The employee suffered a broken collar bone, multiple broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a right wrist injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate