Incident date: 2023-03-18
NAICS industry code: 444110

Two employees were lowering a crate of landscape edging that was stacked upright in a trailer onto a pallet. The crate slipped and bounced off the pallet, striking one employee's right ankle and knocking him to the ground. He suffered a crushing injury to the foot and ankle with a strain, as well as a lower back strain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Strains
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate