Incident date: 2024-11-22
NAICS industry code: 332722

An employee was testing plastic zip ties attached to a rack by putting cable ties around the pallet rack and pulling on the cable tie. The zip tie broke and he lost his balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and ruptures to their left and right quadriceps tendons.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate