Incident date: 2023-03-16
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was preparing to put trash in a compactor. A nearby pallet started leaning; 40-pound boxes of chocolate ingredients fell off it and struck the employee, knocking him against a wall. He suffered a broken left collarbone and a broken lower-back vertebra. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate