Incident date: 2018-04-04
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was gathering a 3/4" thick, 3' to 4' in diameter piece of plywood from a stack of approximately 9 similar pieces of plywood when the stack tipped over and struck the employee, pinning him against a forklift. He sustained a fractured jaw, fractured ribs, laceration to the lip(s), and broken teeth, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate