Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was pulling on a handwheel on a fabric cart when the wheel pulled off in the employee's hands causing him to fall backward and land on his rear end and back. The employee was hospitalized for an L1 fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate