Incident date: 2017-02-17
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was standing on the back of a lavatory service truck while he was servicing water into the system. As he was connecting a dump hose onto the aircraft, he stumbled, fell 61 inches, and hit his head on the concrete floor. He sustained a contusion on his head, fractured four ribs, and fractured his left thumb, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate