Incident date: 2022-06-26
NAICS industry code: 562211

An employee was using a lift gate to load medical waste containers into the cargo area of a box truck. He fell approximately 4 feet to the pavement, suffering a closed fracture to a lower-back vertebra and a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate