Incident date: 2024-05-05
NAICS industry code: 424480

An employee was standing on a delivery truck platform while unloading produce from the truck. It was raining and he slipped on the wet platform while holding a box of produce, falling to the ground and landing face first. The employee suffered a face and head injury with pressure to his spinal cord, and a shattered right elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Straight trucks, box trucks
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate