Incident date: 2015-09-22
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was standing on a pallet holding an accumulator (equipment) in place while waiting for another employee to pick it up with a forklift. The employee standing on the pallet stepped in between the gaps of the pallet and fell down causing the equipment to fall on his right leg and fracture the femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate