Incident date: 2024-02-29
NAICS industry code: 238310

Two employees were moving sheetrock down a ramp (garage access ramp) using a drywall cart. The injured employee went to stop the cart as it rolled down the ramp, but the cart hit a steel plate on the ramp and tipped over. The cart and drywall fell on the employee, breaking both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object tipping over
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate