Abstract: On June 20, 2012, Employee #1, an equipment operator with Valley Slurry Seal Inc. Dba Vss Emultech, was on top of a tank trailer used to transport bulk liquid asphalt materials when he fell 10 feet from a permanently affixed catwalk to the ground. Employee #1 landed on his feet and then onto his chest. The compression forces of the fall caused serious injury to his low back including fractured vertebrae with some spinal cord compromise. Employee #1 was admitted to, and remained in, the hospital for several days. Ultimately, Employee #1 underwent surgery to fuse his lower spine at multiple levels. Employee #1 also sustained a seriously fractured left wrist which also required surgery. Employee #1 has some loss of function in one lower extremity and is partially confined to a wheelchair. Employee #1 has not yet returned to work.