Incident date: 2022-09-09
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was on the side of the highway after his work truck broke down. Due to the amount of traffic on the highway, the tow truck driver asked the employee to stay inside the work truck while it was being lifting. Once the truck was lifted, the employee stepped out of it and fell to the ground, resulting in cracked ribs and vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Tow truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate