Incident date: 2020-01-14
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was struck by a falling pallet of cat food that a forklift operator pushed off an overhead rack. The employee suffered a fractured C7 vertebra in the spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate