Incident date: 2023-07-22
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was delivering a 50-pound package at an apartment building. While walking up the stairs, the employee hit his head on an object and fell forward on the steps. The employee sustained a compression to the spinal cord of the neck that resulted in temporary paralysis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
code_source: title: Stairs, steps, unspecified
code_nature: title: Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate