Incident date: 2016-12-28
NAICS industry code: 423420

An employee was unloading a shipping container using a hand truck. The hand truck fell with the load on it and struck/crushed the employee's foot causing a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate