Incident date: 2024-12-14
NAICS industry code: 484110

A driver was at an oil lease standing on the passenger sidestep of a truck to get something out of the cab. When he started to step down, he slipped on a step and fell to the ground. He landed on his back and hit his head, resulting in a knot on his head and a scrape with some bleeding on the back of his head. He also had a headache and was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate