Incident date: 2023-06-06
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was using a forklift to deliver rebar to a jobsite. The rebar could not fit through the delivery gate and was raised in order to clear the gate. The rebar then caused the forklift to tip forward, causing the employee to strike his head on the roll cage. The employee sustained a neck fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate