Incident date: 2016-01-06
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was closing the tops on grain transport railcars. As he was closing the cover, a broken part of the walkway began to "flex," causing the employee to lose his balance and fall approximately 12 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate