Incident date: 2024-11-29
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was unloading equipment from the back of a trailer. As he was stepping from the trailer to the liftgate, he fell to the asphalt ground from the liftgate and struck the back of his head. He sustained fractured ribs on the right side, a torn right rotator cuff, a sprained right wrist, and a head abrasion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate