Incident date: 2024-06-17
NAICS industry code: 337110

On June 17, 2024, an employee was removing a piece of plywood from a vertical pile when the pile of plywood sheets fell onto the employee causing the employee to fall backward and hit his head. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the left leg that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  loose materials or liquids
code_source: title: Sheets, panels  wood, plywood, MDF
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate