Incident date: 2019-11-04
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was removing a 55-gallon barrel from one pallet to another when the pallet broke. The employee lost balance and dropped the barrel, which struck the employee. The employee suffered bruising and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Trunk, unspecified
severity: moderate