Incident date: 2016-09-19
NAICS industry code: 451110

An employee was leaving a work station in a processing area and was backing up when her heel was caught on the edge of a wood pallet. She lost her balance, tripped, and fell.  While trying to catch herself with her left hand, she broke her left forearm in five places, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate