Incident date: 2025-01-07
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was cutting steel banding on a bundle of galvanized pipe stored overhead while standing on the raised forks of a side-loader forklift. When the last band was cut, the bundle of galvanized pipe broke free and struck the back of his head. The employee fell to the floor below and sustained a laceration and contusion to the head with a loss of consciousness.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate