Incident date: 2022-03-05
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unloading a trailer. A 300-pound wooden crate that had been stacked on load bars fell and struck the employee. The employee suffered a cracked rib and a knee injury and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate