Incident date: 2017-02-15
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was rigging up a railroad car for unloading when a coworker unbound the chains, causing the load and the employee to fall. The employee suffered a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
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