Incident date: 2024-06-03
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was using a pallet jack to move and handle a large gaylord box filled with heavy parcels. The box tilted and fell on the employee, causing her to fall to the ground and twist her left ankle. The employee's ankle was fractured and required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate