Incident date: 2024-05-31
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was adding cases of product onto a conveyor from a wooden float board (a flat laminated board approximately 4 feet by 4 feet) that was on top of a half pallet on the floor. The employee was removing an empty float board from the half pallet when they tripped on the half pallet and fell against the conveyor. Their head struck a mounting bracket (about 3 inches off the floor) that mounts a piece of equipment associated with the conveyor to the floor. The employee sustained an intracerebral hemorrhage, a laceration to the forehead requiring 17 stitches, a fractured nose, and multiple neck fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate