Incident date: 2017-12-18
NAICS industry code: 423420

An employee backed a tractor and trailer up to a loading dock to make a delivery. He was pulling the lift gate away from the rear of the trailer using the attached strap when the strap broke, causing the employee to fall back and hit a wall before falling to the ground. He fractured his femur and dislocated his hip, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate