Incident date: 2022-11-29
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was waiting as a 6-foot ram cylinder, lifted on the forks of a forklift and suspended with a steel chain, was positioned. The ram fell from the forklift and struck the employee's back and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate