Incident date: 2015-09-16
NAICS industry code: 561990

Employee was moving a pallet of materials off a shelf with a forklift. He hit the support for the shelf above while moving the pallet. The pallet of compact disks on that shelf fell, striking the employee. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae and ankle injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate