Incident date: 2023-06-08
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was pumping lightweight gypsum flooring into a room on the second floor. The employee then went to help another individual who was trying to remove a sheet of drywall from the middle of a stack of 1/2 inch plywood that was leaning against a wall. As the other individual pulled out the sheet of drywall, approximately 14 sheets of plywood fell over onto the injured employee, resulting in a lateral tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear of the left knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate