Incident date: 2019-01-09
NAICS industry code: 332431

Employees were waiting on a delivery truck to unstrap electrical panels and control panels for unloading. The driver of a tractor trailer unstrapped the electrical and control panels so the employees could unload them. An electrical panel slipped and hit a control panel, which then struck the injured employee, knocking him to the ground where he hit his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized with a contusion to the back of the head and ligament damage to his right knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate