Incident date: 2021-01-20
NAICS industry code: 325920

While inspecting a portable dumpster, an employee climbed up the side of the dumpster using rungs that were integrated into the exterior frame of the dumpster. As he climbed the ladder, he fell backward approximately 2 feet to the ground, resulting in possible damage to his 5th and 6th vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate