Incident date: 2018-05-21
NAICS industry code: 238220

Employees were relocating a VFD to its installation location using a rough terrain forklift. The load was not secured at the time and as the forklift changed gears from 2nd to 1st, the load swayed and fell off the forklift, striking the injured employee in the leg. The employee's leg broke above the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate