Incident date: 2015-03-28
NAICS industry code: 488999

The injured employee's coworker was moving a rear suspension with a Sky-Trac forklift in the salvage yard located off of Interstate 55, Exit 71, near Blytheville. A piece of the suspension broke off and hit the injured employee in the face, fracturing his jaw, eye socket, and forehead. He was hospitalized for facial reconstruction.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate