Incident date: 2021-07-13
NAICS industry code: 331420

A tractor trailer driver climbed into the driver's seat of their truck, set down their lunch box and hat, and started to get back out of the truck to get some gloves. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a compound fracture to the wrist that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate