Incident date: 2015-12-04
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was gluing magnet assemblies at a table with caster wheels. She unlocked the caster wheels and started rolling the table to another location. The table splintered and fell, along with all its contents, onto the employee's right ankle. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a compound fracture to her ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate