Incident date: 2015-04-26
NAICS industry code: 327420

An employee fell approximately 15-18 feet off of a rail car during the loading process. Fall protection was worn, but was disconnected at the time of the accident.  The employee fractured three vertebrae in his back and suffered a head laceration that required staples.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate