Incident date: 2020-06-19
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was unloading a trailer using a freight stacking system when the system was released and dropped a beam. The beam landed on the employee's head, causing a fractured C2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate