Incident date: 2023-01-26
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee and co-worker were removing horizontal beams from warehouse racking. The employee turned to talk to a co-worker and as the employee turned back around, the beam they were moving struck him in the face. The employee sustained a C7 vertebra fracture, concussion, and a cheek laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate