Incident date: 2023-01-14
NAICS industry code: 541614

An employee was opening trailer doors when the cardboard bales inside of the trailer caused the door to spring open. The employee was knocked over and the cardboard bales fell out onto him, resulting in a right leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate