Incident date: 2023-10-28
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee was squatting down to tie off a load at the back of a trailer when one of the welds broke. The load dropped onto the employee's back, causing the employee to get thrown forward. They sustained fractures to both knees, both ankles, and a back vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate