Incident date: 2023-12-22
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was walking alongside the flatbed of an 18-wheel delivery truck to unstrap the straps and offload pre-engineered metal building parts. The employee lost balance and while trying to catch himself, his left leg got caught in a strap causing him to lose balance and jump from the trailer bed to the ground. The employee sustained a leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate