Incident date: 2016-02-04
NAICS industry code: 811118

An employee was rolling an oil drum off of the back of the truck when he slipped and fell to the pavement below.  The driver was found unconscious. The employee was hospitalized with traumatic injuries to the C-5 and C-6 vertebrae that will require surgery in the future.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate