Incident date: 2024-07-26
NAICS industry code: 321113

A truck driver climbed the ladder on the back of his chipper truck to check the level of product loaded. He slipped and fell 13-14 feet to the hard-packed dirt and gravel ground. His pelvis and lower back vertebrae were fractured. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate