Incident date: 2021-12-29
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was loading pallets onto a box truck to deliver. As a pallet was being shrink wrapped, the employee stepped backward and tripped because his foot was caught between the truck and the lift gate. He fell backward approximately 4 feet to the floor, resulting in a left arm fracture and bruised ribs.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate