Incident date: 2018-04-14
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was holding a 55-gallon drum in place with his right leg while another employee was attempting to puncture the drum with the forks of a forklift. As the forklift operator applied pressure to the drum with the forks, the injured employee's foot became pinned to the ground under the drum, resulting in a fracture to his right leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate