Incident date: 2016-02-07
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was loading his trailer when he heard a hissing sound. He climbed the ladder to check the dome of the trailer, tightened the bolts and began to climb down the ladder. As he attempted to put his foot down on the second rung, he lost his footing and fell to the concrete below, fracturing his skull and suffering a concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate