Incident date: 2021-02-19
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was working on top of a flatbed trailer in the receiving bay, unchaining coils from the trailer. The employee turned, tripped over a J-hook, and fell off the side of the trailer to the ground, striking his head on steel racks. The employee sustained a fracture to his head, as well as contusions and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate