Incident date: 2024-12-19
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on the bed of a flatbed truck loading material. He pulled a roll of roofing material when the roll flipped and caused him to lose his balance. He fell from the flatbed truck to the ground 4-5 feet below. He put his left hand out to soften his fall, causing his left wrist to break. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Other semi, tractor-trailer
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate