Incident date: 2015-09-18
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was loading gas cylinders from a loading dock onto a pallet on a forklift truck positioned next to the loading dock. The employee stepped back and fell approximately four feet breaking two ribs, the pelvis and a wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate