Incident date: 2016-05-16
NAICS industry code: 491110

While walking, an employee stepped up and over a curb instead of using a ramp.  The employee's knees gave way, resulting in injuries to both knees and quadriceps. The employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate