Incident date: 2020-04-22
NAICS industry code: 493110

On April 22, 2020, an employee was attempting to climb into a jockey truck when the employee reached for the grab bar and missed, causing a loss of balance. The employee fell backwards, striking the elbow on the jockey's steel platform and resulting in a left elbow laceration, torn bicep, and torn tricep, which required stitches, surgical muscle repair, and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate