Incident date: 2017-01-01
NAICS industry code: 213111

Employees were using a rough terrain forklift truck to pivot a fork of another rough terrain forklift truck. The fork was tied to its carriage. When the fork was untied it came down and struck an employee standing near the truck and broke his leg near his ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate