Incident date: 2018-10-16
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was handling a racking board section. When the employee knocked a pin out of the racking board section, the racking board fell and hit the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a dislocated hip and fractured pelvis, requiring hospitalization. The racking board was not properly tied off at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple pelvic region locations
severity: moderate