Incident date: 2024-02-10
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was instructing an agent on the spacing of an airplane catering truck when she slipped off the front bumper of the truck, extending her arm to brace herself for impact with the pavement. The employee suffered a dislocated and broken wrist with nerve damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate