Incident date: 2024-09-11
NAICS industry code: 488190

On September 11, 2024, an employee was crawling on the floor, picking up parts, and cleaning a fuel spill. A 15.76-pound weather radar dish and mount that was stored in a cardboard box fell from the top shelf of a mobile rack system and struck them. The employee sustained severe injuries including a concussion, intracranial hemorrhage, skull fracture, cervical fracture, neck injury, laceration, and contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate