Incident date: 2018-04-10
NAICS industry code: 313320

An employee was moving a pallet so it could be loaded by a forklift. The employee was utilizing a strap attached to the pallet when the strap broke, causing the employee to fall backwards into the forks of a fork truck. The employee suffered three fractured ribs on the right side, a bruised spleen and liver, and a laceration to the left ear, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate