Incident date: 2021-08-25
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was loading plant material onto a truck. The plant's 50-pound, 20-gallon plastic container broke, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall off the truck. He suffered three herniated disks in his neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate