Incident date: 2018-01-10
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was using power lift equipment (forklift or scissor lift) to load wooden pallets on racks when a pallet fell on the employee's head. The employee suffered fractures in the neck and back and was hospitalized.

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 and back
severity: moderate