Incident date: 2019-03-04
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was trying to replace a bent pallet racking beam. He was standing on a ladder while another employee used a forklift to push against the beam. The beam popped out, causing the employee to fall 3 feet to the concrete floor and suffer a crushed vertebra in the lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate