Incident date: 2015-09-21
NAICS industry code: 81233

The lift gate chain broke on an employee's delivery truck while he was unloading a cage full of garments. He struck his head on one of the brackets that holds the lift gate when it is in the up position, lacerating his ear.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Ear(s)
severity: moderate