Incident date: 2020-03-12
NAICS industry code: 423320

The injured employee was standing at the end of the dock waiting for a pallet to be set on the ground and then be loaded into a delivery truck. The pallet was set on the ground and as the forklift driver was removing the forks, the pallet tipped over and struck the injured employee. The injured employee sustained a fractured right hip and a rib fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate