Incident date: 2016-07-20
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was unloading a shipping container that contained bundled lumber products. The bundles of lumber were stacked both horizontally and vertically. As the employee worked inside of the shipping container, a vertically stacked lumber bundle fell and struck the employee on the right leg, fracturing the employee's right femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate