Incident date: 2019-03-14
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was on top of a trailer, leveling out product. He stepped over a gap about 18 inches wide and fell about 11 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a broken left hip; his spleen was removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate