Incident date: 2024-10-27
NAICS industry code: 452311

An employee was exiting the cab of a yard truck. They stepped on the catwalk to release the air lines but then missed the first step from the catwalk to the catwalk extension and fell approximately 41 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate