Incident date: 2016-01-04
NAICS industry code: 112310

Employees were loading chickens onto a trailer when the wooden platform they were working from collapsed, causing them to approximately 10 feet to the floor below. One employee was hospitalized with six fractured ribs and a head laceration, which required sutures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate