Incident date: 2022-01-19
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was delivering retaining wall blocks when he stepped backward and fell off a flatbed trailer to the ground 3.5 feet below, resulting in broken ribs that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate