Incident date: 2020-04-16
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee lost his balance while securing lawn mowers on a flatbed trailer. He grabbed one of the lawn mower hoods to prevent himself from falling. The hood flipped up and the employee fell 3 to 6 feet onto his back. He suffered bruising to his back and knees and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate