Incident date: 2020-02-25
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was removing a CB antenna on the platform on the side of a tractor-trailer. As the employee descended the platform, he missed a step and fell to the ground onto his back. The employee sustained a back fracture requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine platforms
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate