Incident date: 2017-11-23
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was using a pickup truck to jumpstart a battery. He was standing on the truck bumper when the battery sparked and startled him. He then fell off the truck onto the pavement, fracturing his spine and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Pickup truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate