Incident date: 2023-04-03
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was loading palleted joint baskets onto a flatbed truck using slings. Baskets on the flatbed began to tilt and the employee fell/jumped from the flatbed. Baskets then landed on their legs and the employee sustained a suspected tendon rupture in the right knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate