Incident date: 2019-09-05
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was adjusting a tarp on the trailer of his tractor/trailer combination. He was standing on a catwalk, preparing to exit the fixed ladder, when his foot slipped and he fell approximately 8 feet to the gravel lot surface. He sustained a fractured wrist, fractured ribs, and a cracked pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate