Incident date: 2021-03-17
NAICS industry code: 442110

An employee was strapping down merchandise in the back of a box truck. The strap did not lock down. When the employee pulled on it to make sure the merchandise was secured, its looseness caused him to fall backwards out of the truck to the ground and suffer a broken arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate