Incident date: 2015-06-09
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee was loading material onto a rack in the bed of a pickup truck, and was in the process of tightening a ratchet strap to secure the load. As the employee was tightening the ratchet strap, the employee fell and struck his torso on the opposite side of the bed, breaking five ribs. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pickup truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate