Incident date: 2023-01-05
NAICS industry code: 452319

An employee used a scissor lift to get to the trailer of a truck so he could unload the trailer. As he released the bar, heavy furniture pushed against it, and the bar knocked the employee off balance, causing him to fall from the trailer to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury, and fractures to the ankle and wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate