Incident date: 2024-11-13
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was standing on a pallet to reach for product on top of a gondola. She went to step onto a mobile product cart less than 1 foot in height when she fell backward off the pallet. She went to catch herself and landed on her arms. The employee suffered fractures to both arms and a broken wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate