Incident date: 2015-06-23
NAICS industry code: 493190

A temporary employee and three to four additional temporary and permanent employees were attempting to down-stack leaning pallets of product (canned and bottled beverages) from a stack of three loaded pallets. The stack was approximately 15-20 feet high. The pallets fell, for an unknown reason, and the temporary employee was pinned under product and pallets against the wall. He suffered a broken femur and fibula, broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a possible lacerated spleen. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate