Incident date: 2016-07-26
NAICS industry code: 423990

On or about July 27, 2016, an employee was opening a bundle of bars on a side loader forklift. The bars rolled off the front of the forks and landed on top of his right foot behind the steel toe. Part of the foot and toes were amputated due to infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Multiple foot (feet) locations
severity: high