Incident date: 2024-11-06
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was moving pallets into the freezer when they lost their footing and fell on their back. The employee sustained an injury to his upper back/lower neck area and was diagnosed with central cord syndrome.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  unspecified
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate