Incident date: 2019-02-04
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was unloading countertops from a pallet. After the banding was cut, some of the countertops slid off the pallet and hit the employee's left foot, causing a broken left ankle. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Counters, counter tops
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate