Incident date: 2019-03-19
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was climbing into the cab of his truck when his knee gave out and he fell out onto another parked truck, hitting the top step. He suffered a broken rib and a collapsed lung and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate