Incident date: 2023-05-09
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was in a truck waiting for an intermodal container to be discharged off a ship and loaded onto the truck. The employee noticed a military vehicle armored window and frame on top of the container. The employee went to catch the object while it slide off the container; he fell backward from ground level and struck his head on the ground, sustaining a skull laceration and injury to the first cervical vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate