Incident date: 2025-01-07
NAICS industry code: 452319

An employee was standing on the top of a stock ladder to get a freight box. On the way down, the box started to fall. The employee went to catch it, but it fell and landed on their hip and elbow and resulted in a fractured hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate