Incident date: 2017-10-16
NAICS industry code: 334510

A truck driver and an employee were holding a toolbox crate on a truck lift gate. The toolbox was too heavy for the lift gate. A second employee was taking things out of the toolbox to lighten the load. The truck driver then let go of the toolbox. It started to roll off the lift gate and fell on the first employee's feet, fracturing his left foot and requiring overnight hospitalization.

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: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate