Incident date: 2024-05-12
NAICS industry code: 111422

An employee was merchandising plants at the garden center. She was unloading the top rack of the cart when it tipped onto her and injured her spleen, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object tipping over
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Other digestive structures  n.e.c.
severity: moderate