Incident date: 2019-01-02
NAICS industry code: 541360

An employee was adjusting the hydraulic fluid pressure valve on a thumper truck when hydraulic fluid spewed from the pressure valve onto the walking surface of the thumper truck. The employee then slipped and fell approximately 6 feet from the truck to the ground, sustaining four broken ribs on the left side and a left lung contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate