Incident date: 2015-06-30
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was delivering a truckload to a customer on 6/30/15.  He was shifting freight to the edge of the trailer for customer access by pulling a chain attached to the freight. At approximately 12:05 PM, the chain broke or became detached and the employee fell out of the back of the trailer approximately four feet to the ground. He was admitted to the hospital for in-patient care of three broken ribs and a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate