Incident date: 2025-02-12
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee was installing a fan in a dairy stall. They were standing on a 4-by-6-foot wooden pallet with a solid top that was lifted on a pallet fork attached to a loader. The bottom brace board on the pallet broke, causing the pallet to flip forward. The employee subsequently fell forward onto a pipe railing, resulting in internal traumatic injuries to their pelvic and abdominal areas.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate