Incident date: 2023-11-17
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee parked their tractor trailer and opened the trailer's swinging doors. A pallet fell out of the trailer and struck the employee. The shrink wrap then came apart and the contents of the pallet (individually packaged metal shelves) landed on the employee. The employee sustained a lower left leg fracture that required surgery as well as other lower extremity injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate