Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was removing a strap from a load of foam insulation when the wind caused a 4x4x4 bundle of insulation to fall from the forks of the forklift. The bundle struck the employee's head, resulting in a spinal cord injury and a dislocation at vertebrae C6 and C7.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate