Incident date: 2020-02-10
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was unloading lumber from a railcar. Railcars have ladders welded to each side for employees to enter/exit. The employee was climbing down one of the railcar ladders and slipped and fell between 6 and 8 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured back, dislocated shoulder, and laceration to the top of the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate