Incident date: 2022-03-15
NAICS industry code: 812332

An employee was loading a box truck parked at a loading dock. A ratchet strap that he was using came unhooked, causing him to fall backward through a gap between the truck and the building. He landed on his back on the asphalt below and suffered a back injury, as well as a head laceration.

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: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate