Incident date: 2023-01-13
NAICS industry code: 453920

An employee was helping move a shipping crate down the staircase with co-workers and a hand truck. The crate slid forward and came out of the strapping on the hand truck. The employee was struck in the head by the object and experienced bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Open wounds, unspecified
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate