Incident date: 2017-09-27
NAICS industry code: 541380

An employee was inspecting an iron beam that was suspended overhead by a forklift when the beam fell and struck him, breaking his ribs, pelvis, vertebrae, and leg. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate