Incident date: 2017-09-07
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was delivering a load to a company. When he opened his truck trailer doors, he was struck by falling pallets with products on them. He suffered hand and neck lacerations and a cervical neck injury that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate