Incident date: 2019-11-02
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was operating a yard horse and was exiting the cab onto the platform of the yard horse when their safety boot got stuck on the platform grating causing the employee to fall approximately 42 inches from the platform onto the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right elbow and vertigo.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate