Incident date: 2016-07-25
NAICS industry code: 493130

An employee was closing and sealing top covers on railcars filled with grain. As the employee descended the railcar ladder, he lost his grip and fell 11 feet to the ground below, fracturing his right tibia and compressing two discs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate