Incident date: 2018-04-27
NAICS industry code: 311212

A 2,000-pound tote of rice was placed on the top of another tote that was leaking rice. An employee and two others were trying to repair the bag, which had been damaged by forklift forks, when the top tote fell on the employee, who suffered a broken left tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate