Incident date: 2020-06-11
NAICS industry code: 311230

An employee was unloading a super sack that was hoisted by a forklift into a hopper when the loops that hold the super sack up broke, causing the sack to fall onto the employee. The employee suffered a broken leg requiring surgery.

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