Incident date: 2024-02-05
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was unstrapping a load of lumber. Beams measuring 4x8x12 rolled off the truck bed and struck the employee in the upper back and neck area. The employee suffered a broken C2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate