Incident date: 2022-09-29
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was opening a dock door. The spool wheel that held the wire for the door's counterbalance weight broke; the door fell and struck the employee on the head, shoulder, and lower right leg. The employee suffered a broken ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate