Incident date: 2024-11-19
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was standing at another table with his back turned bagging some batteries. A bale of paper that was stacked four-bales high fell and pinned the employee against the table. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to a rib and chest bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the chest
severity: moderate