Incident date: 2024-11-30
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was stocking a pallet. After cutting the pallet open, the boxes on the top fell and hit her, knocking her to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with three broken bones in the lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate