Incident date: 2023-10-16
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee had been collecting paperwork and preparing to begin a delivery. The employee was on the dock and began to descend to the ground using a grab bar and steps that are set into the wall of the dock. As the employee reached for the first step, the grab bar detached from the wall causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the head and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Stairs, steps-outdoors
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate