Incident date: 2024-03-19
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was on a trailer next to a jersey barrier to deliver bridge beams. The employee stepped from the trailer to the top of a jersey barrier, missed the barrier and fell over the bridge 15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a head laceration, a fractured finger, and C2-C3 vertebrae fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck and upper extremities
severity: moderate