Incident date: 2024-12-03
NAICS industry code: 722310

An employee was operating a forklift when it struck an empty pallet on the ground and then struck a rack. While the employee was examining the rack, it broke, and 25-pound cases of yogurt fell onto the employee. The employee sustained fractured ribs and bruising. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving, racks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate