Incident date: 2021-01-27
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was disconnecting the rigging from a rudder shaft that was secured on a flatbed trailer when he tripped on dunnage (wooden planks supporting the shaft), and fell on his hip on the flatbed trailer. The employee sustained a broken right femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate