Incident date: 2019-12-22
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee working as a pallet sorter was moving bales of cardboard with a pallet jack when a bale fell over and struck him on the head and back. He was hospitalized for back and head injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate