Incident date: 2017-06-28
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee climbed up the side of a wheeled cart to retrieve a car door that needed to be shipped. When he lifted the car door, the rolling cart moved and he lost his balance. He then fell  more than 4.5 feet, breaking his leg upon impact with the ground. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate