Incident date: 2024-10-09
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was delivering aluminum. While loosening the trailer straps to make the delivery, a bundle of aluminum extrusion (245 lbs.) that had shifted during transport fell from the truck bed and struck their right hand. They sustained fractures to their middle and ring fingers and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate