Incident date: 2020-09-14
NAICS industry code: 238220

The injured employee was part of a crew unloading a semi-trailer of a 6-foot stack of insulated pipe. After cutting one of the four steel bands, the employee stepped onto a nearby 4x4x4 crate in front of the trailer. The employee lost balance, fell and landed in between the tractor and the trailer. The employee injured their collar bone and scapula and sustained a cut on the head and a puncture wound on the back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Multiple types of open wounds
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate