Incident date: 2018-05-15
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was climbing onto the operator's seat of a digger derrick when he lost his balance and fell backwards 6 to 8 feet to the ground. He suffered a lower back compression fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate