Incident date: 2022-08-02
NAICS industry code: 115116

An employee changed the tire and rim of a fertilizer tractor. The tire and rim were then put on the forks of a forklift. The tire and rim fell off the forks onto the employee's lower right leg causing fractures above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate