Incident date: 2019-11-04
NAICS industry code: 335312

On 11/4/19, an employee was standing on the bottom row of parts racking approximately 1 foot above the floor to retrieve parts from the top row, which was approximately 5 feet above the floor. At approximately 12:17 p.m., the employee fell backwards from the bottom rack. Her head hit the floor, and the parts bin slid out of the rack and also struck her head. She was hospitalized with a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate