Incident date: 2024-04-12
NAICS industry code: 423850

An employee was retrieving a pallet from an elevated area on a rack and fell 10-12 feet to the ground, suffering a skull fracture, a spinal fracture, and a brain bleed. Fall protection was not being used at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate