Incident date: 2025-08-22
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee had just placed a pallet on a lift gate attached to the rear of a trailer. He was reaching for the switch to lower the lift gate when he fell off it, landing on the ground and suffering a broken left kneecap and left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and knee(s)
severity: moderate