Incident date: 2025-01-09
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee stepped onto a railcar during a loading operation. The railcar was moving and the employee was pulled backward off his feet by his self-retracting lifeline when it reached the end of its 30-foot cable. The cable caught on something and then snapped, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He suffered an injury to the L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae that required surgery and a shoulder dislocation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate