Incident date: 2022-12-02
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was taking a chemical sample from a tanker truck. The 12-foot high catwalk retracted while the employee was taking a sample and they fell backward off the truck. The employee struck several objects on the way down and sustained a hip and vertebrae fractures as well as a punctured kidney.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate