Incident date: 2023-07-19
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was standing on the deck of a trailer that was coupled to a semi-truck. He then began climbing down the ladder attached to the chassis of the truck. As he reached the last step, he slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, landing on his right wrist and fracturing it.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate