Incident date: 2015-09-29
NAICS industry code: 335311

While a travel crane operator was in the process of climbing up to the cab of the crane, he slipped off a rung that was approximately 28 inches from the ground and hit his head on the ground. He suffered a laceration to the skull along with swelling at the base of his spine near the neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate