Incident date: 2025-08-25
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was standing between two beams, acting as the spotter for a forklift. When the forks were placed under the beam being moved, the forks contacted the other beam and caused it to tip over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left leg just below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate