Incident date: 2015-08-12
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was stacking boxes on a pallet. The employee struck his leg on a box containing product. After a half hour, the employee's leg began to swell and he was taken to the hospital. The employee was diagnosed as having a blood clot and was hospitalized overnight. The employee had surgery the next day.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate