Incident date: 2016-12-12
NAICS industry code: 424420

An employee was unloading food from a tractor-trailer. He exited the trailer and proceeded down a ramp with a two-wheel dolly that was loaded with food product. He then lost his footing, fell forward on his knees, and rolled approximately 3 feet off the side of the ramp onto the ground. He ruptured the bilateral tendon in both knees.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate