Incident date: 2019-12-30
NAICS industry code: 325620

On December 30, 2019, an employee was getting a roll of paper towels from a  pallet when, as the employee stepped backward away from the pallet, the employee's left heel became caught on a loose bit of shrink wrap around the bottom of the pallet. The employee then fell backwards and fractured the right femur, requiring hospitalization.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate