Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was sweeping out the back of a trailer at a loading dock when the driver began to reposition the vehicle. The employee tried to exit the trailer onto the loading dock but missed and hit the ground, fracturing the right ankle, tibia, and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate