Incident date: 2018-01-12
NAICS industry code: 561910

An employee was straightening the strapping around a unit of boxes inside a truck when the strapping broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall backwards out of the truck. He fell on his head, injuring his neck and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate