Incident date: 2018-03-19
NAICS industry code: 445110

On March 19, 2018, at approximately 5:41 a.m., an employee was stocking shelves while standing on two milk crates that were stacked on top of each other. The employee fell off the top milk crate and struck the bottom crate with their chest, suffering cracked ribs and a lung contusion. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate