Incident date: 2023-02-12
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was unlashing (loosening chains) military vehicles on rail cars prior to offloading. As he stepped off the railcar and onto the ground, he twisted his left ankle in loose gravel alongside the rail track. He required surgery for a dislocated ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Slip without fall, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate