Incident date: 2016-09-07
NAICS industry code: 336111

On 9/7/16, an employee was moving wooden pallets by hand. He picked up one pallet and held it against his abdomen while bending down to pick up a second pallet. In doing so, two pieces of wood punctured his abdomen. One piece immediately fell out; the other had to be removed at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate