Incident date: 2021-07-02
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was preparing strips of moulding for delivery. The moulding was stacked on a wooden pallet, which the employee grabbed to move the material closer to his workstation. A slat of the pallet broke and struck the employee in the abdominal area resulting in a lacerated bladder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object breaking in hand
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate