Incident date: 2022-01-12
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was using a forklift to raise a load of cardboard cartons to the loft level of the warehouse. He went under the loft to get a piece of cardboard that had fallen. When he moved back to get into the forklift, the cardboard cartons fell and he was struck by the falling cartons on the right side of his body, resulting in a fracture to his right femur.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate