Incident date: 2017-03-31
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unstrapping a tarped load on a flatbed trailer when the tarp became caught on the load. At the time of the incident, it was raining heavily. He was attempting to remove the wet tarp when he slipped on it and fell from the trailer, injuring his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate