Incident date: 2022-06-28
NAICS industry code: 493120

Three employees were preparing to unload a railcar. The railcar's sliding door had been opened and injured employee was outside the railcar making connections for the dock plate when a 400-pound cheese barrel fell through the railcar's sliding door opening and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken left leg and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate