Incident date: 2019-12-02
NAICS industry code: 314110

An employee was removing shelving from a storage rack. The employee was positioned on the shelving when the rack became unstable as screws were removed, which caused the employee to fall approximately 6 feet to the floor below. The employee suffered a fractured left wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate