Incident date: 2023-09-13
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was walking between the maintenance shop and the nonferrous area. At the same time, a forklift was pushing a scrap steel beam that was on the ground alongside a storage can. The beam moved out of position and struck the employee's right leg. The employee sustained a fractured leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate