Incident date: 2018-03-03
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was securing a load onto a flatbed truck when an empty pallet fell off the truck and struck his neck, fracturing his vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.

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: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate