Incident date: 2017-12-13
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was on a high reach when two pallet stacks started to shift. He dismounted the high reach to stop the boxes from falling, but the boxes fell on him, breaking his ankle. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate