Incident date: 2024-03-16
NAICS industry code: 111411

An employee was harvesting mushrooms from his mushroom picking aid (MPA). The basket of the MPA disconnected from the mast and fell forward to the ground. The employee was inside the basket and sustained injury to their right shoulder and struck their head on impact. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate