Incident date: 2023-11-24
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was securing ladders on a gang truck. He lost his footing and fell from the back of the truck bed, striking his abdomen on the edge of the bed or the trailer hitch. The employee sustained five broken ribs and a punctured lung requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate