Incident date: 2021-03-26
NAICS industry code: 321911

An employee was helping load trucks. A load of strapped millwork material was brought into the loading area on a forklift. It was unstrapped, then rotated 180 degrees to be lowered onto 18-inch steel trestles. The employee was placing a trestle when some wooden window trim kits shifted from the load and fell onto the employee's head, causing a 3-inch laceration and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate