Incident date: 2024-04-04
NAICS industry code: 561730

After unloading a truckload of firewood, an employee was using spray paint to indicate on the logs the date they arrived at the tree service's yard. The employee stood on a 12-inch rock to paint a date and his feet slipped, causing him to fall on his back. The employee lost consciousness and fractured a lower vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Rocks, stone, gravel
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate