Incident date: 2023-06-10
NAICS industry code: 321214

On June 10, 2023, an employee was at a shipping yard, installing load straps onto a tractor-trailer. The wind knocked down a stack of roof trusses that were standing up and the employee was struck by the trusses and fell to the asphalt. He was hospitalized with fractures to the femur, wrists, and the skull in two places.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Roof trusses, joists
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate