Incident date: 2025-06-14
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was moving pallets of water. A pallet started to lean, and the employee moved to its side to push the 35-pack of water and straighten the product on the pallet. The water fell and knocked the employee to the ground, and the employee suffered a dislocation to the left hip as well as a fracture to the hip socket. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate