Incident date: 2021-06-24
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was lowering a wheeled, steel cage filled with merchandise from the tailgate of a truck. When the tailgate made contact with the ground, the cage shifted and rolled off the gate, striking the employee's left ankle and resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Cages, cage racks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate