Incident date: 2022-10-08
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was using a power washer, soap, and a broom to clean the top of a pneumatic cement trailer, which had a cylindrical shape. The employee was near the edge of the trailer when he fell approximately 8 or 9 feet to the ground with his legs in front of him, causing him to land sitting down. The employee suffered a dislocated right wrist and damage to his back vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate