Incident date: 2021-11-01
NAICS industry code: 332312

The injured employee was helping to unload metal tubes from a trailer. A co-worker was operating an overhead crane to lift a bundle of tubes. The load started to go sideways instead of in a straight line. As a result, the injured employee took a step backward and fell to the ground, sustaining two fractured ribs, a fractured right cheekbone, and a concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate