Incident date: 2024-12-23
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was tying a 90' beam onto a telehandler fork right above ground level when another telehandler struck the iron beam, causing it to strike the employee. The employee sustained fractures to both of their legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate