Incident date: 2018-12-07
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee on a loading dock took a step backwards to load a package onto a truck that had been backed up to the loading dock. However, the truck had pulled away and the employee fell 50 inches to the pavement, resulting in a broken wrist, elbow, hip, and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate