Incident date: 2022-06-16
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was at the rear of a trailer truck opening the rear door to unload product into the warehouse when a stack of 24 pallets in the truck fell on him knocking him onto the concrete lot. The employee suffered crush injuries resulting in damage to their bones and organs including a broken back, fractured ribs, broken legs, a punctured lung, and additional crush injuries that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate