Incident date: 2021-08-17
NAICS industry code: 423420

An employee and a co-worker were delivering a copier to a client. While using the stairs and a stair climber device for copiers, the machine fell and landed on the employee, who then fell down the stairwell. The employee suffered multilevel spinous process fractures from the T4-T10 levels that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Photocopiers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate