Incident date: 2015-04-14
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was helping to load cargo pallets onto an aircraft. The pallets were placed onto a K-loader, and the employee was preparing the cargo to be pushed onto the plane. He lost his balance and fell 8 feet from the work deck onto the asphalt tarmac. He was unconscious and bleeding from the nose, head, and mouth. He also broke his wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate