Incident date: 2018-09-29
NAICS industry code: 238150

An employee was steadying a glass panel in a crate with five other panels when the six panels (weighing approximately 900 pounds each) fell on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right fibula, torn ligaments in the right ankle, and cuts to the right hand and forearm.

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