Incident date: 2022-03-17
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee removed the top wheel from a stack of cheese wheels on a pallet. The next couple of wheels fell against the employee's knee, dislocating the employee's kneecap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dairy products
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate