Incident date: 2023-06-13
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was delivering boxes of books using a pallet jack. While the employee was maneuvering the freight and exiting the trailer using the liftgate, they fell from the liftgate. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, a scapula fracture, and contusions on their right hip and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate