Incident date: 2023-09-08
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee stood on a pallet in the trailer of a semi-truck. He was pulling the strap of the trailer door down when he slipped off the pallet and fell to the ground. His left rib area made contact with the edge of the trailer as he fell. The employee was hospitalized with three broken ribs and bruising.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate