Incident date: 2022-10-10
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was using a ladder to load a railcar. While climbing down the ladder, the employee fell approximately 4 feet onto the floor of the railcar. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae in his lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate