Incident date: 2025-04-17
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was transporting a wooden sign crate. The employee strapped the crate to his trailer when the crating failed. He was getting off the trailer and the crate fell onto his leg, resulting in a broken leg that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate