Incident date: 2019-05-31
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was lifting a dry goods box to unload it from a semi trailer. The employee was facing a 2 in. x 4 in. x 4 ft. wooden brace, lodged across the width of the trailer. The brace moved and struck the employee in the face, causing a cervical contusion, a disc herniation with radiculopathy, cervical stenosis, and facial lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate