Incident date: 2018-03-21
NAICS industry code: 812320

While unloading a pallet of boxes, an employee stepped onto a pallet. The employee's foot went between pallet boards and became stuck, resulting in spiral fractures to the tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate