Incident date: 2025-01-24
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was observing a metal mold that was being transported on a forklift. The employee went to catch it as it fell from the end of the forklift and it struck them in the chest, pushing them into other metal molds. The employee sustained fractures to their ribs and tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate