Incident date: 2023-09-22
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was standing on the rear step of a vehicle bumper. As the truck switched from reverse to forward, the employee fell 16 inches to the paved street. He sustained a skull fracture as well as abrasions to the right arm and hand.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate