Incident date: 2024-01-22
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee began his shift by turning on a pallet stacking machine so that the hydraulics could warm up. The machine then ejected a stack of pallets. As the employee was walking around the outfeed conveyor to turn on additional machines, he was struck by the falling stack of 21 pallets. The employee suffered a neck injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Variable restraint containers  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate