Incident date: 2018-04-01
NAICS industry code: 331523

A pallet in the vicinity broke, causing a 12-foot high stack of pallets containing gas meters to fall and strike the injured employee's work station. The injured, temporary employee was struck in the chest resulting in hospitalization of a partially collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Tables, worktables
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate