Incident date: 2023-03-13
NAICS industry code: 333120

The injured employee was assisting in the movement of a modular office unit that was being lifted by another employee using a side loader. The injured employee went to grab a board underneath the pallet and the pallet, load included, fell off the forks of the side loader and pinned the injured employee between his sit-down forklift and the side loader. The injured employee sustained non-displaced fractures to the right tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Building, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate