Incident date: 2021-06-15
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was taking boxes off a pallet and putting them on a top stock cart. She backed up while holding a box and tripped over another box and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate