Incident date: 2025-06-30
NAICS industry code: 452210

An employee was unpacking boxes and removing plastic wrap from a pallet that was approximately 6 feet tall. There were also some mirrors in the middle of the pallet. While removing the mirrors, some boxes began to fall off the pallet causing the employee to fall backward to the ground. Boxes did fall on the employee and the fall resulted in a fractured right hip requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate