Incident date: 2019-04-01
NAICS industry code: 238120

Two employees were using a telehandler forklift with an adjustable spreader bar to transport rebar at a construction site. When the load was lifted off the ground the spreader bar beam slipped off the forks and struck the employee on the right leg fracturing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate