Incident date: 2015-11-25
NAICS industry code: 484121

On November 25, 2015, an employee was delivering freight to a customer site. While unloading products from his truck, he walked down an icy metal ramp behind the store. He slipped and fell on the icy surface, suffering an L2 compression fracture in his back that required hospitalization. He was wearing his safety boots at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate