Incident date: 2018-05-23
NAICS industry code: 926120

An employee was leaning against the loading dock's railing when it broke and he fell off the loading dock about 4 feet to the ground, striking a bollard along the way. He injured his back and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate