Incident date: 2021-01-18
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was climbing up the side of a railcar using the fixed ladder when he fell approximately 13 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken vertebrae in his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate