Incident date: 2025-02-18
NAICS industry code: 238210

A group of employees were cleaning up campground jobsites at the end of the day. The injured employee was sitting on the tailgate of a work truck when the driver pulled away and drove downhill for approximately 4 to 5 feet, causing the injured employee to fall off the tailgate. The injured employee struck their head on the ground, losing consciousness. They also suffered head and neck injuries, including a brain bleed that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
code_source: title: Pickup truck
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate