Incident date: 2023-10-06
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee climbed onto the platform of a K-loader from the back of a unit load device (ULD). The employee was walking on the platform when it began ascending. The operator of the K-loader stopped the platform when they saw the employee come out from the back of the ULD. The employee then took a step and fell from the platform to the ground, sustaining fractures to the tibia and fibula of his left leg and a fracture to his right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Airport utility vehicle-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate