Incident date: 2020-12-31
NAICS industry code: 112111

An employee on the bed of a hay delivery truck was removing twine from a bale of hay when he slipped and fell approximately 4 feet from the truck to the ground. The employee landed on their right foot, then rolled the right foot/ankle and caught himself with his right hand. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia and fibula which required surgery, and also sustained a dislocated right pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate