Incident date: 2020-12-28
NAICS industry code: 424420

On 12/28/2020, while an employee was attempting to fix a pallet that was stuck to a palletizer, a photoelectric sensor on the palletizer tripped, causing a metal plate (apron) to retract. When the plate retracted, 11 cases of product dropped onto the employee's head, shoulder, and wrist, resulting in a small subarachnoid bleed and a sprain in their right wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Cabinets, cases-display, storage
code_nature: title: Sprains
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate