Incident date: 2023-07-11
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was depalletizing and moving a 7-foot tall, 1,500-pound power distribution cabinet for installation. The power distribution cabinet became unsteady and fell onto the employee, causing injury to their vertebrae that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate