Incident date: 2023-10-26
NAICS industry code: 332321

Employees were inspecting an assortment of insulated glass panels that were stored in a wooden storage rack. The floor of the rack gave way causing the panels to tilt forward and fall, striking three employees. Employee 1 sustained a fractured right leg, employee 2 sustained a laceration to their right shin, and employee 3 sustained a cut on a right-hand finger. Two employees were hospitalized.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: low