Incident date: 2015-04-07
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was unhooking the air hoses and components of a tractor trailer so he could separate the trailer from the tractor semi-truck. As he stepped down from unhooking the components, he missed the second step and fell to the ground, breaking his left hip. The employee was hospitalized and underwent hip surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate