Incident date: 2023-01-31
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee was wrapping a pallet of material using a manual handheld stretch wrap tool. He tripped over the bottom corner of the pallet, fell backward, and landed on a stationary metal roller in the plant floor that product is kept on (approximately 16 inches high). The employee sustained fractures to the first lumbar vertebra and five ribs on the left side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate