Incident date: 2019-05-24
NAICS industry code: 488210

Employees were installing a coupler in a rail car. The coupler got stuck to the forks on the forklift and as they were attempting to loosen the coupler, it fell onto an employee's right foot causing an open fracture to the big toe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Clamps, couplings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate