Incident date: 2019-06-29
NAICS industry code: 444130

An employee was removing pallets of merchandise from a trailer using a standup forklift when there was a pallet he could not reach. The employee got off the lift to arrange the pallet in such a manner that he could reach it when an unstable pallet next to the pallet he was manipulating fell on and broke his leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate