Incident date: 2017-04-25
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was loading a pallet into a trailer from the inside of the trailer when a pallet contacted the stack and caused pallets to fall. The employee shifted to avoid a falling pallet and fell onto the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized for back and hip injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate