Incident date: 2016-02-19
NAICS industry code: 335999

An employee was unloading a transformer from a flatbed truck and was hooking up straps so the transformer could be moved by an overhead crane. The truck driver moved the truck, causing the employee to fall from the flatbed to the ground. The employee may have fractured both elbows.

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: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate