Incident date: 2021-07-10
NAICS industry code: 211130

An employee was spotting for a forklift that was transporting compressor cylinders. The cylinders slid off the forklift's forks, struck the employee, and pinned him against another cylinder on the floor. He suffered lacerations to the abdomen and face and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate