Incident date: 2019-02-06
NAICS industry code: 327215

An employee was part of a team unloading material from a truck. The employee was waiting for the forklift to pick up the next crate when the crates fell over due to a gust of wind. The fallen crates (weighing approximately 1,500 pounds) pinned the employee's leg to the truck bed. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate