Incident date: 2023-01-13
NAICS industry code: 493130

On January 13, 2023, an employee was setting a brake on a railcar and turned to take a step back on the platform. The employee missed the platform and fell 3-4 feet to the gravel surface. They sustained lumbar vertebrae and rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate