Incident date: 2023-03-01
NAICS industry code: 334511

An employee was working out of a semi-trailer with a set of stairs near the side access door. The employee backed up in the trailer and fell approximately 5 feet and 5 inches from the trailer lip to the ground, striking the stairs as they fell. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs and two fractured bones in his right hand.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate