Incident date: 2022-10-20
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was helping to unload a truck at a gas station. The employee was walking on the back of the truck when their right knee popped, causing them to fall 5 to 6 feet to the concrete below, landing on their back and left elbow. The employee was hospitalized with torn ligaments in their right knee and a fractured kneecap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate