Incident date: 2025-01-27
NAICS industry code: 238350

An employee was inside a job-made box attached to a telehandler that was raised approximately 14 feet high. While loading materials from the box, the box and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their back, right wrist, and left tibia and fibula near the ankle. They also sustained lacerations to the right wrist and near both knees.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate