Incident date: 2019-08-20
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was loading packages averaging 15 to 20 pounds onto the back of a van that could not be flushed into the van line (dock) because the van's bumper size. While the employee was tossing a package into the van from the van line (dock), he lost his balance and fell about 28 inches to the ground. He broke his right leg and 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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate