Incident date: 2016-01-28
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee cut the truck seal with a bolt cutter and opened the trailer door. When the door was opened, three hot water heaters fell out and one of the heaters struck the employee on the head causing a neck fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate