Incident date: 2017-02-07
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee and a coworker were standing on a shelving unit when the support beam was knocked out beneath them. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below, breaking his left wrist and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate