Incident date: 2015-12-10
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was standing on the back of a highway van trailer, pulling on a pallet with a hook. The hook disconnected from the pallet, causing the employee to fall off the trailer and hit the ground.  He was hospitalized with broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a displaced ribcage.

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: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate