Incident date: 2016-12-27
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was loading soil into a truck when he noticed debris on top of the truck that was hindering the tarp from covering the load. He climbed a fixed ladder and was clearing the debris when he fell 10 feet to the ground below, fracturing his vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate