Incident date: 2024-08-27
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was standing on a protruding piece of a pallet while cutting another protruding pallet piece with a reciprocating saw so it would fit into a hopper. The employee fell into the hopper and suffered a broken left humerus.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate