Incident date: 2023-04-10
NAICS industry code: 327211

An employee was using runners to move packs of glass from a truck when one pack fell off the runners and struck the employee's lower body and knocked him to the floor. The employee sustained five fractured ribs, internal injuries, and a lower leg laceration. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Packages, parcels
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate