Incident date: 2018-04-14
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee bent down to retrieve his keys, which had fallen on the ground in the loading dock area. As he grabbed them, he lost his balance and used the dock's railing to support himself. The railing then collapsed and he fell about 5 feet to the concrete floor, suffering two broken ribs and a fractured pelvis. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate