Incident date: 2015-08-20
NAICS industry code: 336330

An employee was in the mold maintenance area unloading an approximately 4 ft. by 4 ft. steel mold from the transport trailer with a crane. He stepped up on the trailer (approximately 29 inches high) and as he was stepping down from the trailer, he slipped and fell to the floor fracturing his left elbow in multiple places. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate