Incident date: 2024-07-17
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was on the spray-down rack in the truck yard unraveling a hose to spray the truck. The employee was walking backward to descend the stairs, walked off the stairs, and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained seven broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a broken hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Stairs, steps
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate