Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 238910

Employees were unloading rebar from a forklift. One of them was guiding the rebar into position when it slipped off a fork, fell about 4 feet, and broke that employee's left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate