Incident date: 2019-08-22
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was in a forklift that was stuck in mud. A truck was pulling the forklift with a chain to get it out of the mud when the chain broke and snapped, hitting the employee who was in the forklift. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a fractured shoulder blade.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate