Incident date: 2023-01-21
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was unloading material from a tractor trailer into a warehouse. After finishing unloading, they proceeded to disengage the trailer lock and noticed that the load bar was not stored properly in the trailer. The employee walked into the trailer to store the load bar and the trailer started to pull away from the bay. The employee lost balance and fell between the dock and the trailer approximately 4-5 feet onto the pavement. The employee sustained a hip injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate