Incident date: 2023-03-16
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was pushing a cart in the parts-handling area before going to help a forklift driver move a metal shelf. As the forklift was navigating through the area, the injured employee took the outer wall of the shelf off and laid it out of the way. When the wall was removed, the shelving unit became unstable and began to fall. The employee went to catch it as it was falling to the ground and sustained a laceration to his left elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate