Incident date: 2024-07-16
NAICS industry code: 423390

An employee was loading drywall in a basement using a cart. They returned to the cart and began to pull it, when the cart tilted backward toward the employee and landed on their right leg and foot. The employee suffered fractures to their fibula and tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object tipping over
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate