Incident date: 2020-07-15
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was using a hand truck to move a refrigerator from the shipping container to the receiving area. While moving the appliance onto the dock plate, the weight of the refrigerator caused her to fall onto her back and the refrigerator landed on top of her. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate