Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee had removed the blade from a vibratory plow. The blade was on a sling that was attached to the forks of a telehandler. The employee was positioning the blade to lie down on a trailer when the sling slipped off the forks and pushed the employee off the trailer. The blade then landed on the employee's right foot and fractured it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate