Incident date: 2021-04-20
NAICS industry code: 311712

Two employees were attempting to remove a metal box from the outside of a building. On employee cut the top two bolts holding the box to the building, so that the bottom two box could act as a fulcrum as the box fell. The other employee was walking the box down, hand over hand, when it fell. Its top left corner struck him in the head, neck, and right shoulder, and he was briefly pinned under the box. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate