Incident date: 2022-01-26
NAICS industry code: 316210

An employee was preparing to move a 55-gallon drum using a drum hand truck. While using the dolly to lift the drum, the employee lost balance and walked backward into another drum, which struck his lower back. He suffered broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate