Incident date: 2023-07-05
NAICS industry code: 517919

On July 5, 2023, an employee was assisting a forklift driver with lifting a conduit spool off a flatbed trailer. When the driver lifted the spool with the forklift, the spool fell forward, causing the injured employee to jump off the trailer to avoid being hit by the spool. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate