Incident date: 2016-09-12
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was supervising as a forklift operator was unloading switchgear. While retracting the forks, the forklift operator backed into a lip on the ground, which caused the forks to lift up and the switchgear to tip over. The switchgear fell onto the employee's right leg, breaking two bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate