Incident date: 2021-05-31
NAICS industry code: 327215

An employee was unpacking a crate of pre-purchased glass sheets. While unpacking the crate, the weight of the glass shifted and the glass fell forward out of the crate and onto the employee's left leg resulting in a fractured fibula and tibia that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Glass building materials
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate