Incident date: 2021-02-19
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was walking in an aisle past bales of stacked polyurethane foam. The stack fell over and the top bale (weighing about 1,200-1,500 pounds) landed on the employee, pinning her under it. She suffered multiple ankle, leg, and arm fractures and possible face injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate