Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was in the nose of a nearly-empty container moving boxed merchandise to the tail. Some merchandise was stacked above his head. While moving the multiple stacked boxes of furniture with the hand truck, the box on top that contained a chairside table (18x18x28, weighing 33 pounds) fell and struck the employee in the head. He fell to the floor, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, right shoulder, and both ankles. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate