Incident date: 2024-04-17
NAICS industry code: 493110

On April 17, 2024, at 1:45 p.m., an employee was using a sledgehammer to remove wooden dunnage that was providing blocking and bracing to the material during transit. While striking the dunnage with the sledgehammer, the employee experienced lower back pain and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s)
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate