Incident date: 2021-07-19
NAICS industry code: 488999

An employee was driving an industrial yard truck to move semi-trailers in the yard. He was hooking the airlines of a trailer with his foot on a step when he lost his footing and fell off the side of the truck, about 36 inches, onto the asphalt/concrete ground. The employee stuck his head on the asphalt/concrete and suffered a brain bleed as well as cuts and scratches. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate