Incident date: 2024-11-26
NAICS industry code: 541320

On November 26, 2024, an employee was climbing down from the cab of a loader. As he backed out he struck his head on the seam of the cab rollbar resulting in a scalp laceration. He stepped back on the loader platform, lost his footing, and fell approximately 9 feet to the ground, landing on his back. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae in his neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate