Incident date: 2025-05-07
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was unloading packages from a trailer and grabbed a box at eye level to put on the roller line. A package (containing metal) on top of that box slid forward and struck the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the corner of his right eye at the tear duct.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate