Incident date: 2023-12-18
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was manually unloading a pallet at floor level. They stepped onto the pallet and picked up a box. When stepping back off, the employee lost their balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a left wrist fracture and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate