Incident date: 2024-05-01
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was descending the fixed ladder on an open-top trailer of wood chips when the top rung broke and they fell approximately eight feet to the ground. They sustained a fractured vertebra in their back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate